Large vessel vasculitis (LVV) is defined as a disease mainly affecting the large arteries, with
two major variants, Takayasu arteritis (TA) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). GCA often coexists …

Key Clinical Points Giant-Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica The immune-mediated
diseases giant-cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica occur in patients 50 years of age or …

Purpose To evaluate the in-treatment diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET/CT in large-vessel
giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA) by serial scans before and after a short course of high-dose …

We aimed to clarify the role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-
PET) in the management of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV), focusing on 3 issues which are as …

Background Necroscopic and surgical studies have suggested that giant cell arteritis (GCA)
may target the aorta and its main branches. Imaging techniques are able to detect large …

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 …

Purpose Management of giant cell arteritis (GCA, Horton's disease) involves many
uncertainties. This work was undertaken to establish French recommendations for GCA …

Giant cell arteritis is a chronic vasculitis affecting large and medium-sized arteries, most
commonly the temporal and other cranial arteries. Temporal artery biopsy has long been the …

Objectives To assess agreement between interpretation of magnetic resonance
angiography (MRA) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) for …

Objectives To update the evidence on imaging for diagnosis, monitoring and outcome
prediction in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) to inform the 2023 update of the European …