Seventy-one-year-old Carroll Maas of Wadena has lived through her share of pain, including childbirth, but living with the pain caused by temporal arteritis was more than she could bear. Maas, who's ...

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Giant cell arteritis (GCA), formerly known as temporal arteritis, was first described by Mayo Clinic doctors and classified as an inflammatory condition of the blood vessels in the early to mid-20th ...

A 65-year-old Hispanic male is referred to me for evaluation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) > 100 mm/hour on several occasions. He has been followed by an ophthalmologist for severe diabetic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell ...

A corticosteroid can quickly relieve symptoms of both polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis. But a delay could cause vision loss, a stroke or even death. By Jane E. Brody Beth Uffner, an avid ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. GCA diagnoses made via temporal artery ultrasound were ...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in the older adult population. There are variable clinical presentations of this entity and no perfect diagnostic test, often making ...

Positive findings with color Doppler ultrasound were enough to diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) accurately without need for confirmation with temporal artery biopsy (TAB), a prospective study ...

In the body there are two deep temporal arteries. These arteries are called the posterior and anterior deep temporal arteries. The anterior deep temporal artery and its partner are located between the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks they lowered the dosage.

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks they lowered the dosage.