GCA and PMR are conditions of older persons that frequently overlap. The traditional
concept of GCA has focused on cranial symptoms such as headache and visual …

Objectives To perform a systematic literature review on imaging techniques for diagnosis,
outcome prediction and disease monitoring in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) informing the …

Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a relatively common form of primary systemic
vasculitis, which, if left untreated, can lead to permanent sight loss. We compared ultrasound …

Objectives To define the elementary ultrasound (US) lesions in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and
to evaluate the reliability of the assessment of US lesions according to these definitions in a …

US has become an important diagnostic tool for musculoskeletal diseases. Because of its
wide availability in rheumatology practice, US has also been applied in other rheumatic …

Objectives Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is a reference test for the diagnosis of GCA but
reveals inflammatory changes only in a subset of patients. The lack of knowledge of TAB …

GCA is the most common form of primary systemic vasculitis affecting older people. It is
considered a clinical emergency because it can lead to irreversible blindness in around …

Giant cell arteritis is a chronic vasculitis affecting large and medium-sized arteries, most
commonly the temporal and other cranial arteries. Temporal artery biopsy has long been the …

Purpose Management of giant cell arteritis (GCA, Horton's disease) involves many
uncertainties. This work was undertaken to establish French recommendations for GCA …

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are inflammatory diseases that
typically affect white individuals> 50 years. Women are affected∼ 2–3 times more often than …