Background GCA is a large vessel vasculitis affecting older people, with the highest
incidence among persons 70–79 years of age [1]. Due to forecasted demographic changes …

GCA is a chronic, idiopathic, granulomatous vasculitis of medium and large arteries. It
comprises overlapping phenotypes including classic cranial arteritis and extra-cranial GCA …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in individuals aged 50 years
and over. GCA typically affects large and medium-sized arteries, with a predilection for the …

GCA is the most common form of primary systemic vasculitis affecting older people. It is
considered a clinical emergency because it can lead to irreversible blindness in around …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common type of primary vasculitis in Western countries.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease …

The use of 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan (FDG-PET) and
computed tomography angiography (CTA) to improve accuracy of diagnosis of giant cell …

Objective The relapse rate of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) treated with
glucocorticoids (GC s) alone varied widely in observational series and randomized …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis affecting people older than 50 years.
The last decades have shed new light on the clinical paradigm of this condition, expanding …

Abstract Purpose of Review Guidelines for the management of large vessel vasculitides
have been recently updated by several scientific societies. We have evaluated the current …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss the use of fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG) positron emission tomography (PET/CT) for diagnosis and management of patients …