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OBJECTIVE
To assess the possible association between PTPN22 1858C(R)T polymorphism and susceptibility to giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to determine if this polymorphism is implicated in the clinical expression of this vasculitis.
METHODS
Ninety-six patients with biopsy-proven GCA and 229 ethnically
The most useful investigation in supporting the clinical diagnosis of PMR/GCA is elevation of the ESR or viscosity. Acute phase proteins, particularly C-reactive protein, are also elevated but in most cases are not more helpful than the ESR in either diagnosis or follow-up. The definitive
Liver involvement in polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA) before treatment and during follow-up of up to 3 1/2 years was assessed in 74 patients clinically, with liver function tests, isotope scans and blood flow studies. Twenty-seven patients had elevated alkaline phosphatase
Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a vasculitis of unknown etiology that classically involves the wall of the large to medium size. We are reporting a case of a young onset temporal arteritis presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms. The patient was a 48-year-old male who
Nine elderly patients presented with features of a multisystem disorder thought to be either a connective tissue disease of undefined type or disseminated malignancy. Associated features were a normochromic anaemia, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (or plasma viscosity) and raised serum
OBJECTIVE
To assess the frequency and clinical features of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients who had fever at the time of diagnosis of the disease, and the relationship between fever, ischemic complications, and the systemic inflammatory response in GCA.
METHODS
A retrospective study
BACKGROUND
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) at the present time is most frequently caused by neoplasm and less commonly by infection. Currently, collagen vascular diseases (CVDs) are an uncommon cause of FUO because most are readily diagnosable by serologic methods and do not remain undiagnosed for
Temporal headache, blindness, and polymyalgia rheumatica are well-recognized manifestions of giant cell arteritis. However, the disease may present in less evident fashion as shown by 30 of 74 patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis whose predominant complaint was not one ot these cardinal
We suggest that polymyalgia rheumatica with giant cell arteritis (PR-GCA) is an arachidonic acid metabolites mediated disease which can be diagnosed more accurately and monitored more precisely for therapeutic benefits by the serial determinations of the major urinary prostaglandin F, serum urinary
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) refers to prolonged fevers of > or = 101 degrees F and that persists for > 3 weeks that remain undiagnosed after an intensive in-hospital/outpatient workup. The most common FUO categories of are infectious, neoplastic, rheumatic/inflammatory, and miscellaneous causes.
In 67 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and 133 control patients, the value of eight clinical parameters and five laboratory findings for the diagnosis of GCA was analyzed. Out of the clinical parameters characteristic for GCA, headaches, visual disturbance, pains of the shoulder or hip
This five-year study of 108 patients with giant cell arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica drawn from all departments of a district general hospital emphasizes the difficulties of diagnosis. A correct diagnosis was made by the referring doctor in 33 per cent of patients and on initial attendance
The possible role of the eosinophil and its cytotoxic granule proteins in the vascular lesions seen in temporal arteritis was elucidated. Sixteen sections of biopsy specimens from arteria temporalis showing giant cell arteritis were stained for eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) by polyclonal