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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GCA, sometimes called temporal arteritis, is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of large arteries in the body. The condition frequently causes headaches, scalp tenderness, jaw pain, ...

Have your consultants ever seen a case of temporal arteritis present with an isolated C5 radiculopathy and peripheral (lower motor neuron) facial-nerve palsy one month prior to ocular findings?

ESRs can be slow to rise, and in 5%-10% of patients with polymyalgia-temporal arteritis, a second normal value may be needed to exclude these inflammatory illnesses. The assay for C-reactive protein, ...

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 ...