Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis, Horton Disease, Cranial Arteritis)


Epidemiology


Physiology

Arterial Involvement:
a) Carotid artery
b) Carotid branches
c) Opthlamic or posterior ciliary arteries: involvement may cause anterior ischemic optic neuropathy


Diagnosis


Clinical

Ocular Involvement

Pulmonary Involvement

Neuro Involvement

Rheum Involvement

Cardiovascular Involvement

Constitutional


Treatment


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