Giant cell arteritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Giant cell arteritis causes inflammation of certain arteries, especially those near the temples. The most common symptoms of giant cell arteritis are head pain and tenderness — often severe — that usually affects both temples. Head pain can progressively worsen, come and go, or subside temporarily. Generally, signs and symptoms of giant ...
Giant Cell Arteritis - Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis that occurs in adults. Almost all patients who develop giant cell arteritis are over the age of 50. GCA commonly causes headaches, joint pain, facial pain, fever, and difficulties with vision, and sometimes permanent visual loss in one or both eyes.
Giant cell arteritis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
If you have giant cell arteritis, the artery will often show inflammation that includes abnormally large cells, called giant cells, which give the disease its name. It's possible to have giant cell arteritis and have a negative biopsy result.
Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis) - Cleveland Clinic
2024年2月20日 · Temporal arteritis (TA), or giant cell arteritis (GCA), is a form of vasculitis (inflammation of your blood vessels) that affects the arteries of your scalp, neck and arms. With this condition, most commonly your temporal arteries (the blood vessels near your temples) become inflamed (swollen) and constricted (narrowed).
Giant cell arteritis - Wikipedia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of large blood vessels. [4][7] Symptoms may include headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, and difficulty opening the mouth. [3]
What Is Giant Cell Arteritis? - American Academy of Ophthalmology
2024年10月29日 · Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammation (swelling) of the arteries (the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart). When arteries swell, it reduces blood flow through these vessels. GCA affects the arteries in the neck, upper body and arms.
Giant cell arteritis | About the Disease | GARD - Genetic and Rare ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a form of vasculitis, a group of disorders that cause inflammation of blood vessels. GCA most commonly affects the arteries of the head (especially the temporal arteries, located on each side of the head), but arteries in other areas of the body can also become inflamed.
Temporal Arteritis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments - WebMD
2024年8月6日 · Giant cell arteritis, also called temporal arteritis, is a disease that causes your arteries -- blood vessels that carry oxygen from your heart to the rest of your body -- to become inflamed....
Giant Cell Arteritis: A Review - American Academy of Ophthalmology
2018年8月1日 · Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also known as temporal arteritis, is a systemic inflammatory granulomatous vasculitis that affects medium and large arteries. GCA commonly occurs in the major branches of the aorta, with a predilection for branches of the carotid artery.
My Treatment Approach to Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in adults 50 years or older. Expanded use of advanced arterial imaging has assisted both in the diagnosis of GCA and recognition of disease subsets. Although glucocorticoids have been the mainstay of treatment for almost 7 decades, new therapeutic options have emerged.