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The value of ultrasound in diagnosing extracranial large-vessel vasculitis compared to FDG-PET/CT: A retrospective study. Clin Rheumatol 2017; 36:2079-2086. [PMID: 28503707 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-017-3669-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) is a group of diseases mainly comprised of giant-cell arteritis (GCA), Takayasu arteritis, and a series of rare diseases like Behçet's disease, IgG4-related disease, infectious aortitis, and other unfrequent entities. Besides clinical and laboratory features, Doppler sonography (DS) can assist in establishing the diagnosis. Its diagnostic sensitivity has been evaluated in various studies, most of them, however, in temporal arteritis (TA) respectively in LVV with involvement of the temporal artery. Little is known in extracranial LVV. We retrospectively evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of DS in 30 patients with extracranial, non-temporal LVV using the highly sensitive PET/CT as method of reference in comparison to 20 controls who were found to have no LVV. We investigated ten arterial sites and documented the presence of the sonographic halo sign. Sensitivities of DS for LVV were highest in the subclavian and axillary arteries (71.4%/72.2%) and low in the abdominal aorta (26.1%) and the common femoral artery (16.7%). DS detected 24 out of 30 cases of LVV (overall sensitivity 80.0%). The LVV cases where DS was completely negative did not significantly differ in leukocyte count, C-reactive protein, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate from LVV cases with positive DS. DS is a potent method in diagnosing extracranial LVV especially in the axillary and the subclavian arteries. Aortic, intraabdominal, and lower extremity artery manifestations, however, are often missed by DS. A second imaging modality (e.g., PET/CT) is therefore required.
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González-López JJ, González-Moraleja J, Burdaspal-Moratilla A, Rebolleda G, Núñez-Gómez-Álvarez MT, Muñoz-Negrete FJ. Factors associated to temporal artery biopsy result in suspects of giant cell arteritis: a retrospective, multicenter, case-control study. Acta Ophthalmol 2013; 91:763-8. [PMID: 22938720 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02505.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the positivity rate of temporal artery biopsies (TAB) performed in suspects of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to study the epidemiological and clinical factors associated to the biopsy result. METHODS A retrospective, multicenter, case-control study was performed, including three hundred and thirty-five patients who underwent TAB for a suspicion of GCA from 2001 to 2010. Clinical, epidemiological and pathology data were recovered from the patients' clinical records. Histologic diagnosis of GCA was made when active inflammation or giant cells were found in the arterial wall. RESULTS Eighty-one biopsies (24.2%) were considered positive for GCA. Clinical factors independently associated to TAB result in a logistic regression analysis were temporal cutaneous hyperalgesia (OR = 10.8; p < 0.001), jaw claudication (OR = 4.6; p = 0.001), recent-onset headache (OR = 4.4; p = 0.001), decreased temporal pulse (OR = 2.8; p = 0.02), pain and stiffness in neck and shoulders (OR = 2.3; p = 0.05), unintentional weight loss (OR = 1.33; p = 0.003) and age (OR = 1.085; p = 0.004). Other factors such as length of the surgical specimen (OR = 1.079; p = 0.028) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (OR = 1.042; p < 0.001) were also statistically significant. The model was accurate (C-index = 0.921), reliable (pHosmer-Lemeshow = 0.733) and consistent in the bootstrap sensitivity analysis. No significant association was detected between TAB result and number of days of previous systemic corticosteroid treatment (p = 0.146). However, an association was observed between TAB result and the total accumulated dose of previous systemic corticotherapy (p = 0.043). CONCLUSIONS Exhaustive anamnesis and clinical examination remain of paramount importance in the diagnosis of GCA. To improve the yield of TAB, it should be performed specially in older patients with GCA-compatible clinic. TAB could be avoided in patients with an isolated elevation of acute phase reactants, without GCA-compatible clinic.
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- Julio J González-López
- Ophthalmology Service, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España, SpainDepartamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España, SpainInternal Medicine Service, Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, España, SpainPathology Service, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España, Spain
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Quartuccio L, Maset M, De Maglio G, Pontarini E, Fabris M, Mansutti E, Mariuzzi L, Pizzolitto S, Beltrami CA, De Vita S. Role of oral cyclophosphamide in the treatment of giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2012; 51:1677-86. [PMID: 22627726 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Glucocorticoid (GC)-related adverse events greatly contribute to the outcome in giant cell arteritis (GCA). CYC was investigated as a steroid-sparing agent in GCA. METHODS Nineteen patients treated with CYC were retrospectively analysed. CYC was administered in 15 of the 19 patients after failure of high doses of GC or relapse during medium to high doses of GC, with or without MTX, while CYC was used ab initio in 4 of the 19 patients, all with type 2 diabetes. Follow-up ranged from 1 month to nearly 9 years after the end of CYC treatment. RESULTS The efficacy of CYC was observed in 15 of the 19 patients, and remission was still present 6-12 months after CYC suspension in 12 of the 13 patients. GCs were suspended in 6 of the 15 patients, and they were continued at a dose ≤5 mg/day of prednisone in all the remaining responders. Relapse occurred in 4 of the 15 patients, usually >12 months after CYC suspension. Suspension of GC daily dose or reduction to ≤5 mg/day of prednisone occurred within the first 6 months of follow-up after the beginning of CYC in 10 of the 15 patients. Ten adverse events were registered in nine patients, with recovery usually soon after the suspension of CYC or dose reduction. However, one death occurred due to acute hepatitis. Disappearance of the inflammatory infiltrate could be demonstrated when temporal artery biopsy was repeated 3 months after CYC in one patient. CONCLUSION CYC may represent a useful option for patients requiring prolonged medium- to high-dose GC therapy and at high risk of GC-related side effects.
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- Luca Quartuccio
- Clinic of Rheumatology, AOU 'S. Maria della Misericordia' of Udine, Piazzale Santa Maria Misericordia 15, Udine, Italy.
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This article reviews the ophthalmic manifestations of giant cell arteritis. An overview of giant cell arteritis as a disease spectrum is presented with special emphasis on the ophthalmic involvement.
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- Salman Waqar
- Department of Ophthalmology, Torbay General Hospital, Torbay
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Vasculitic Emergencies in Patients with Large-Vessel Vasculitis. Autoimmune Dis 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-358-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Temporal artery biopsy: impact on the clinical management of patients. Indian J Surg 2008; 70:73-6. [PMID: 23133025 DOI: 10.1007/s12262-008-0019-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2006] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is requested in an attempt to confirm the diagnosis of temporal arteritis (TA). Patients symptoms and signs are highly variable and TA is often focal and potentially missed in a small biopsy. The study aimed to determine if TAB helps in the management of patients with suspected TA. METHODS The case records of sixty-six consecutive patients who had undergone temporal artery biopsy were recalled and examined for presenting symptoms, management, therapy, results and outcome. RESULTS There were 23 men and 43 women with a mean age of 70.2 and 71.1 years respectively. Presenting symptoms varied with unilateral headache in 53, scalp tenderness in 16, muscle weakness in 10, visual disturbance in 16, jaw claudication in 5 and peri-orbital pain in 1 patient. The temporal artery was tender in 21 patients and thickened in 4 patients. Thirty-eight patients were commenced on steroids prior to biopsy and 6 more before the histology became available. Only 8% of biopsies were positive for TA. Of the patients started on steroids with a negative biopsy, the steroids were continued in 26 and stopped in 9. In the patients not put on steroids [22], biopsy was positive in 2; they were commenced on steroids. Therefore, the histological diagnosis resulted in a change in patient management in only 18% of patients. CONCLUSION The results of TAB do not appear to affect the clinical management of most patients with suspected temporal arteritis. We must therefore question the routine use of this invasive investigation.
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Bablekos GD, Michaelides SA, Karachalios GN, Nicolaou IN, Batistatou AK, Charalabopoulos KA. Pericardial involvement as an atypical manifestation of giant cell arteritis: report of a clinical case and literature review. Am J Med Sci 2006; 332:198-204. [PMID: 17031245 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200610000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Pericardial effusion has been known to be a rare manifestation of giant cell arteritis. During the last six decades, only 24 cases have been cited in the literature. In this report, we describe the case of a patient presenting with nonspecific symptoms and development of pericardial effusion. PROCEDURES AND FINDINGS A 71-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with low-grade fever, exertion breathlessness, atypical diffuse muscular pain, and weight loss over a period of about 5 weeks. Pericardial effusion and giant cell arteritis were diagnosed by echocardiography and left temporal artery biopsy, respectively. Treatment with corticosteroids resulted in remarkable improvement of symptoms and complete remission of pericardial effusion. One year after admission, the patient remained in a stable good condition, under low steroid maintenance dosage. CONCLUSIONS The diversity of clinical manifestations (such as pericardial effusion) in such a potentially severe disease should alert the physician to prompt diagnosis and treatment in view of impending irreparable vascular damages, even in cases in which the initial presentation is quite uncommon.
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- George D Bablekos
- Department of Experimental Physiology, Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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Cantini F, Niccoli L, Storri L, Nannini C, Olivieri I, Padula A, Boiardi L, Salvarani C. Are polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis the same disease? Semin Arthritis Rheum 2004; 33:294-301. [PMID: 15079760 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2003.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To summarize the evidence about the relationship between polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS Review of relevant articles from the English-language literature. RESULTS Epidemiologic studies suggest that PMR and GCA are closely related conditions affecting people over 50 years and frequently occurring in the same patient. PMR symptoms have been observed in 40 to 60 percent of GCA clinical series. Also, temporal artery biopsy may yield positive results for GCA in patients with isolated PMR. Conflicting HLA-DRB1 genotype results have been reported, and recent studies have shown that PMR and GCA have different expression of RANTES, TNFalpha microsatellite, and IL-6 promoter genetic polymorphisms. Search for a possible common infectious agent have yielded disappointing results. Although parvovirus B19 DNA is present in the artery wall of patients with GCA, this virus may be only an innocent bystander. Cytokine studies on a limited number of temporal artery biopsy specimens have shown that interferon-gamma is produced in GCA and not in PMR, suggesting that this cytokine may be crucial to the development of overt vasculitis. CONCLUSIONS PMR and GCA frequently occur together but no definitive conclusions can be drawn about the nature of this association.
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- Fabrizio Cantini
- 2nd Divisione de Medicina, Unità Reumatologica, Ospedale di Prato, Prato, Italy.
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FORMS THAT RAISE THERAPEUTIC PROBLEMS: The complicated forms of Horton's syndrome regroup various situations: ocular involvement at the start, large vein involvement, corticosteroid resistance (rare), corticosteroid dependence preventing the reduction in the daily dose of prednisone to less than 15 mg, high rate of morbidity with prolonged corticosteroid therapy. GENERAL PRINCIPLES: The ocular forms and those with large vein involvement, require a minimal attack treatment with 1mg/kg/d of prednisone. Cortisone assaults are often prescribed despite the fact that their efficacy remains to be demonstrated. Curative treatment with heparin (calcic or of low molecular weight) should be prescribed for 5 to 7 days with later relay to a platelet anti-aggregant, without any randomised study having validated this proposition. THE CASE OF CORTICOSTEROID-DEPENDENCE: The iatrogenic risk of corticosteroids is high and alternative treatments should be proposed: azathioprine, methotrexate, dapsone or hydroxychloroquine. Osteoporosis is the most frequent complication of corticosteroid therapy and must be avoided by the administration of a biphosphonate.
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- Christian Agard
- Service de médecine interne B, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, CHU de Nantes. christian.agard @chu-nantes.fr
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OBJECTIVE To develop a clinical guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis. DESIGN A Medline English-language search of the literature from 1966 to 1998, including more than 300 articles about temporal arteritis, was performed to develop a guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis. RESULTS A user-friendly guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis was developed based on the following criteria: (1) clinical suspicion, (2) laboratory testing, and (3) temporal artery biopsy. CONCLUSION A clinical guide to the evaluation of temporal arteritis may assist clinicians in the care of patients with this condition.
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- A G Lee
- Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Tomita T, Imakawa K. Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in giant cell arteritis: an immunocytochemical study. Pathology 1998; 30:40-50. [PMID: 9534207 DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a relatively common granulomatous arteritis of unknown etiology which mainly occurs in elderly people. Using histopathological findings from-seven biopsy cases of temporal artery and one autopsy case of GCA, and performing immunocytochemical staining for matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and -2, we tested the hypothesis that an imbalance between MMPs and TIMPs may be a critical determinant in developing severe intimal hyperplasia and luminal stenosis. All biopsy cases revealed nearly complete luminal occlusion of the temporal artery with active lymphocytic infiltrate, fragmentation of internal lamina and median elastic fibers. Four of seven cases revealed typical GCA. The autopsy case was systematically sampled for histological examination, revealing GCA in the ascending aorta, main branches of aorta and coronary artery. Immunocytochemical staining revealed intense staining for MMP-2 and -9 in fragmented media of the aorta and artery, and less positive staining for TIMP-1 and -2 at the MMP-positive media. In situ hybridization revealed intense positive staining for TIMPs in GCA despite weak immunocytochemical staining for TIMPs. Control cases were negative for TIMPs by immunocytochemical staining whereas RNA message level was mildly positive at a lesser intensity than that of GCA. Granulomatous tissue of fibroblasts and giant cells were most intensely positive for MMPs. The presence of markedly increased MMPs and less increased TIMPs in GCA may implicate an MMPs-TIMPs imbalance in the pathogenesis of GCA.
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- T Tomita
- Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Centre, Kansas City, USA
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Armstrong W, Kazanjian P. Chapter 39 Fever of unknown origin in the general population and in HIV-infected persons. Microbiology (Reading) 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2582(97)80023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Cid MC, Font C, Oristrell J, de la Sierra A, Coll-Vinent B, López-Soto A, Vilaseca J, Urbano-Márquez A, Grau JM. Association between strong inflammatory response and low risk of developing visual loss and other cranial ischemic complications in giant cell (temporal) arteritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1998; 41:26-32. [PMID: 9433866 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199801)41:1<26::aid-art4>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify clinical and biochemical parameters that have good predictive value for identifying giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA) patients who are at high or low risk of developing cranial ischemic events. METHODS In this multicenter study, records of patients at 3 university hospitals in Barcelona were reviewed retrospectively. Two hundred consecutive patients with biopsy-proven GCA were studied. RESULTS Thirty-two patients developed irreversible cranial ischemic complications. The duration of clinical symptoms before diagnosis was similar in patients with and those without ischemic events. Patients with ischemic complications less frequently had fever (18.8% versus 56.9%) and weight loss (21.9% versus 62%) and more frequently had amaurosis fugax (32.3% versus 6%) and transient diplopia (15.6% versus 3.6%). Patients with ischemic events had lower erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) (82.7 mm/hour versus 104.4 mm/hour) and higher concentrations of hemoglobin (12.2 gm/dl versus 10.9 gm/dl) and albumin (37.4 gm/liter versus 32.7 gm/liter). Clinical inflammatory status and biologic inflammatory status were defined empirically (clinical: fever and weight loss; biologic: ESR > or =85 mm/hour and hemoglobin < 11.0 gm/dl). Patients not showing a clinical and biologic inflammatory response were at high risk of developing ischemic events (odds ratio [OR] 5, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 2.05-12.2). The risk was greatly reduced among patients with either a clinical (OR 0.177, 95% CI 0.052-0.605) or a biologic (OR 0.226, 95% CI 0.076-0.675) inflammatory reaction. No patient with both a clinical and a biologic response developed ischemic events. CONCLUSION The presence of a strong acute-phase response defines a subgroup of patients at very low risk of developing cranial ischemic complications. Our findings provide a rationale for testing less aggressive treatment schedules in these individuals. Conversely, a low inflammatory response and the presence of transient cranial ischemic events provide a high risk of developing irreversible ischemic complications and require a prompt therapeutic intervention.
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- M C Cid
- Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Manna R, Cristiano G, Todaro L, Latteri M, Gasbarrini G. Microscopic haematuria: a diagnostic aid in giant-cell arteritis? Lancet 1997; 350:1226. [PMID: 9652572 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)63458-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wilke WS. Large vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis). BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY 1997; 11:285-313. [PMID: 9220079 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3579(97)80047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis are separate but similar idiopathic diseases clinically characterized by constitutional symptoms, shared surrogate markers of systemic inflammation and indistinguishable granulomatous pan-arteritis of large vessels. This review emphasizes and analyses changing perceptions about the diseases. Recent series suggest that aortic involvement in giant cell arteritis may be more common than was previously appreciated. The case for and against inflammatory arthritis in giant cell arteritis is discussed. Ethnic new geographical variation in Takayasu arteritis-disease expression is reviewed. New philosophies of treatment are presented for both diseases. Prognosis in giant cell arteritis and its relationship to treatment is analysed. The utility of the laboratory for diagnosis and monitoring disease activity is appraised for each.
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- W S Wilke
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, OH 44195, USA
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Al Tahan A, Al Rayess M, Abduljabbar M, Al Moallem M. Giant cell arteritis: Report of two Saudi patients and review of the literature. Ann Saudi Med 1997; 17:237-9. [PMID: 17377441 DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- A Al Tahan
- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Neurology and Pathology, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Twenty-three cases of aortic dissection in patients with giant-cell arteritis are reviewed and an additional case is reported. Forty-six percent presented catastrophically with aortic dissection and no prior history of giant cell arteritis. Eighty percent died within 2 weeks of the event; four patients had successful surgical grafts. There was diffuse involvement of the aorta with giant cells in 89%, but dissecting tears occurred primarily in the proximal aorta in 85% of cases. The majority of cases with a preceding history of giant cell arteritis were on low doses of steroid or on no treatment at the time of dissection, and the median erythrocyte sedimentation rate of these patients was 62 mm/h (range 21-98). Evidence of some form of hypertension, whether acute or chronic, mild or severe, was found in 77% of patients. Inadequate treatment of giant-cell arteritis and underlying hypertension (treated or untreated) are potential factors leading to aortic dissection in these patients.
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- G Liu
- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shutze WP, Patman RD. Nonatherosclerotic Vascular Diseases and Vasospastic Conditions: Inflammatory Conditions (Part 1 of a 3-Part Series). Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/08998280.1995.11929913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Department of General Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
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Masuda S, Ishii T, Asuwa N, Ishikawa Y, Kiguchi H. Isolated pulmonary giant cell vasculitis. Pathol Res Pract 1994; 190:1095-100; discussion 1101-4. [PMID: 7746745 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80910-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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An autopsy case of granulomatous vasculitis confined to the pulmonary vasculature in a 40-year-old woman with widespread ovarian carcinoma is reported. Although gross lesions were not identified in the lungs other than a few metastatic tumor nodules, vascular lesions were demonstrated microscopically throughout both lungs. Histopathologically, granulomatous vasculitis was present only in the large and medium-calibered pulmonary arteries of elastic type and in pulmonary veins. Granulomas were distributed mainly in the media and adventitia. The lumina of arteries and veins were free from any occlusion or dilatation. In the granulomas, multinucleated giant cells of both foreign body and Langhans' types containing asteroid body often appeared with slight infiltration by T-lymphocytes. Fibrinoid necrosis was absent in the granulomatous lesions, and neutrophils and eosinophils were also not present. The pulmonary granulomatous vasculitis in this case is distinctly different from the other pulmonary necrotizing and granulomatous vasculitides previously reported.
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- S Masuda
- Department of Pathology, Hachiouji Medical Center, Tokyo Medical College, Japan
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Evans JM, Bowles CA, Bjornsson J, Mullany CJ, Hunder GG. Thoracic aortic aneurysm and rupture in giant cell arteritis. A descriptive study of 41 cases. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1994; 37:1539-47. [PMID: 7864947 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780371020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the features and outcomes of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who have aneurysms or rupture of the thoracic aorta. METHODS Patients with GCA seen over a 40-year period who had aneurysms and/or rupture of the thoracic aorta were identified by assistance of a computerized indexing system. The presence of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA), with or without aortic valve insufficiency (AI), was determined by radiographs, computed tomography scans, and ultrasound studies of the thorax, angiograms of the aorta, and postmortem examination. RESULTS Ten men and 31 women with GCA were found to have TAA and/or rupture. Three developed TAA before GCA was diagnosed, 5 developed aortic findings near the time of the diagnosis, and 33 after the diagnosis of GCA (median of 7 years after diagnosis). Sixteen patients developed acute aortic dissection, which caused death in 8. Nineteen patients also had AI due to aortic root dilation, 15 of whom developed congestive heart failure. Eighteen patients underwent 21 surgical procedures for TAA resection and/or aortic valve replacement or repair. Aortitis was documented histologically in 10 cases. CONCLUSION Thoracic aortic complications in GCA are associated with serious outcomes that have been underrecognized and may be fatal. Physicians should be alert to the development of these complications at any time in the course of GCA, even many years after usual symptoms have subsided.
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- J M Evans
- Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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Baldursson O, Steinsson K, Björnsson J, Lie JT. Giant cell arteritis in Iceland. An epidemiologic and histopathologic analysis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1994; 37:1007-12. [PMID: 8024610 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780370705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence and clinical and histopathologic features of giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA) in the Caucasian population of Iceland. METHODS All patients diagnosed between 1984 and 1990 were included. Case ascertainment for the study was done in 2 ways: 1) a computerized search from all hospitals and primary care clinics for the diagnosis of GCA, and 2) a review of all temporal artery biopsies performed during the 7-year period. RESULTS One hundred thirty-three patients with GCA were identified. All fulfilled the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification of GCA. The incidence rate for the population 50 years and older was 27/100,000 (36/100,000 and 18/100,000 for women and men, respectively). Clinical findings included the following: mean age at diagnosis 72.5 years for women and 70.3 years for men, new headache 63.2%, abnormal temporal artery on palpation 43.6%, mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate 88 mm/hour, symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica 48.1%, and visual disturbances 14.3%. A total of 744 patients underwent temporal artery biopsy during the 7-year period; 16.8% had a positive biopsy result. All 133 patients with the diagnosis of GCA underwent a temporal artery biopsy; 94% had a positive result. Histopathologic findings from the positive biopsies included a fragmented internal elastic lamina in 99.2%, giant cells in 65.6%, and fibrinoid necrosis in 12%. CONCLUSION Compared with previous epidemiologic surveys, this study shows a high incidence of biopsy-proven GCA in Iceland.
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Lie J. Occidental (temporal) and oriental (takayasu) giant cell arteritis. Cardiovasc Pathol 1994; 3:227-40. [DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(94)90033-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/1994] [Accepted: 04/22/1994] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Dale DC. LYMPHADENOPATHY AND LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Gilliland BC. VASCULITIS. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00164-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Abstract
The headache to worry about is one that is unique or different from headaches which the patient has suffered in the past. The association with the headache of meningismus or of focal neurologic symptoms of oculoparesis, other cranial nerve palsies, hemiparesis, or loss of consciousness are particularly worrisome, especially if onset is recent and acute. Headaches related to arteritis or vasculitis usually have a slower subacute course but may also produce focal neurologic deficits. For subjects over 50 years old, temporal arteritis is always a consideration and any new type of headache requires testing of the sedimentation rate to rule out this treatable but potentially devastating problem.
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- J R Couch
- Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City
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Liao W, Lindgren S, Lindhagen T, Starck M, Florén CH. Plasma endotoxin in patients with quiescent Crohn's disease. J Intern Med 1992; 232:371. [PMID: 1402642 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1992.tb00601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- C D Procter
- Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121
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Visual loss is the most common complication of temporal arteritis when the disease is misdiagnosed or undertreated, yet treatment recommendations vary among different medical disciplines. In this article, Dr Wind presents a case report and information from the medical literature illustrating different treatment regimens and visual outcomes in patients with temporal arteritis.
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- B E Wind
- Department of Ophthalmology, Grandview Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton, OH 45405
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Hunder GG. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. HOSPITAL PRACTICE (OFFICE ED.) 1992; 27:75-9, 83-4, 87-90 passim. [PMID: 1730799 DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1992.11705344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- G G Hunder
- Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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