SHREVEPORT, La. -- Patients who have a condition called giant cell arteritis are concerned it could be going undiagnosed. Dr. Robert Goodman of The Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic in Shreveport ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Imaging techniques are poised to streamline the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in the United ...

Out of 165 older patients in whom GCA was strongly suspected, 73 (44%) had the telltale "halo" sign on temporal artery ultrasound; and of those, the GCA diagnosis was unchanged when re-examined 2 ...

While not used to guide treatment, ESR and CRP typically normalize within two to four weeks after initiating therapy. 2,4 Minor increases in ESR can occur during the prednisone taper, but this does ...

Upadacitinib expands treatment options for patients with giant cell arteritis; Tapering steroids without symptoms recurring is one of the bigger challenges when monitoring GCA. Healio spoke with ...

The most dramatic symptoms of GCA (for example, visual loss) result directly from the inflammation of the large- and medium-sized cranial vessels. Other symptoms appear nonspecific and are related to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a less common condition where people get inflammation of the arteries that go to the head and neck. Symptoms include, head ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column featured polymyalgia rheumatica and prednisone. Would you please elaborate on how polymyalgia rheumatica can be linked to giant cell arteritis, and the consequences ...

Patients with giant cell arteritis started tocilizumab therapy an average of 43 days after diagnosis, partly because of delays in insurance approval. Overall, 82 patients (average age, 73 years; 60% ...