Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in an Asymptomatic Patient

Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 May;68(5):1135. doi: 10.1002/art.39517.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Aftercare
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
  • Asymptomatic Diseases*
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Etoposide / therapeutic use
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Humeral Fractures / etiology
  • Incidental Findings
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Rituximab / administration & dosage
  • Subclavian Steal Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Subclavian Steal Syndrome / etiology
  • Temporal Arteries / pathology*
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Rituximab
  • Vincristine
  • Etoposide
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • EPOCH protocol