Giant cell arteritis (GCA): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on giant cell arteritis (gca): clinical features: Diagnostic criteria of GCA Onset age ≥ 50 years Onset of new localized head pain Temporal artery tenderness or reduced pulsation Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) >50 mm/h by Westergren method Vasculitis on…

Diagnostic criteria of GCA

  • Onset age ≥ 50 years
  • Onset of new localized head pain
  • Temporal artery tenderness or reduced pulsation
  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) >50 mm/h by Westergren method
  • Vasculitis on temporal artery biopsy

Phenotypes

Systemic features

Ophthalmological features

Central neurological features

Peripheral neurological features

Reported co-morbidities

Differential diagnosis

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References

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