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giant cell arteritis: a prospective study of 35 patients," Arthritis Care and Research, vol.
Familial aggregation of polymyalgia rheumatica and
giant cell arteritis: genetic and T cell repertoire analysis.
In conjunction, the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (injected under the skin) Actemra for
giant cell arteritis were established in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 251 patients with
giant cell arteritis.
Giant cell arteritis with spontaneous remission.Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2007;35:59-61.
Adjunctive methotrexate for treatment of
giant cell arteritis: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
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giant cell arteritis, mass lesion, or medication overuse.
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giant cell arteritisOther very rare etiologies are birth trauma, carotid artery dissection,
Giant cell arteritis, Wegener granulomatosis, Herpes zoster, and migraine headache [1].
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Stone et al., [5] reported a case of IgG4-related systemic disease associated with a dissection in the ascending aorta and stated that features of IgG4-related systemic disease detected in the aortic surgery could be mistaken for features of a number of rheumatic disorders, such as
giant cell arteritis and isolated aortitis or some malignancies, for example lymphoproliferative diseases, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma.
A broader histologic differential would include systemic lupus erythematosus, acute rheumatic carditis, rheumatoid nodules, Takayasu disease, Wegener granulomatosis,
giant cell arteritis, syphilis, Erdheim-Chester disease, and ischemic cardiomyopathy.