Major and minor relapses are relatively common in GCA and primarily occur within the first 2 years of diagnosis.

The resulting classification criteria should be used, for study purposes, to confirm that someone has giant cell arteritis when a diagnosis of medium- or large-vessel vasculitis has already been made.

For the diagnosis of GCA the ACR classification criteria are still used, but are less helpful for classifying GCA without temporal arteritis. Figure 1. Diagnostic approaches for polymyalgia ...

In 87 patients who underwent cranial ultrasound for suspected GCA between January 2005 and July 2013, 41% had a confirmed clinical diagnosis at the 3 month follow-up; of the 30 patients with a ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye.

Purpose (1) To see the effectiveness of applying the criteria laid down by the American college of Rheumatology in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). (2) To quantify the role of temporal ...

Cranial ultrasound may replace temporal artery biopsy in diagnosis of giant cell arteritis Date ... Of the 36 patients with more than three ACR criteria†, only 21 (58%) had a diagnosis of GCA ...

For the diagnosis of GCA the ACR classification criteria are still used, but are less helpful for classifying GCA without temporal arteritis. Comments 3090D553-9492-4563-8681-AD288FA52ACE ...

A new study presented for the first time today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014), shows that cranial ultrasound has a greater sensitivity than temporal artery ...