Sumarið 2020 leitaði kona á níræðisaldri til læknis vegna höfuðverks og sjóntruflana. Greining var óljós og einkenni versnuðu hratt. Hún varð blind á báðum augum og fékk stórt drep í hársvörðinn. Um var að ræða hröð versnandi einkenni risafrumuæðabólgu sem er einn algengasti æðabólgusjúkdómurinn og getur haft ólíkar birtingarmyndir. Hér er tilfellinu lýst og fjallað um helstu einkenni, greiningaraðferðir og meðferð. In the summer of 2020, an elderly woman in her eighties sought medical attention due to headache and visual disturbances. The diagnosis was unclear, she became blind on both eyes and developed extended scalp necrosis. Later it was clear that these symptoms were due to accelerating symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA). GCA is o...
Background: Visual loss is a recognized complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, its rat...
Purpose The purpose of this article is to review giant cell arteritis, with a focus on ophthalmic ma...
Background: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vessel vasculitis (1) and carries th...
Sumarið 2020 leitaði kona á níræðisaldri til læknis vegna höfuðverks og sjóntruflana. Greining var ó...
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The differential of scalp ulceration in older patients should include several causes, such as herpes...
Summary: • GCA is most common in elderly (age > 50) • Presenting symptom = headache anywhere in the ...
We report the case of a 75-year-old-woman who presented with bilateral scalp ulcerations and blindne...
A 68 year old woman with advanced giant cell arteritis presented with progressive tongue, lip, and s...
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology affecting medium and large ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), or temporal arteritis, is a vas-culitis of medium-to-large-sized arterie...
Background/Aims: The ophthalmic features of giant cell arteritis involve a spectrum of severity from...
A systemic vasculitis is a diverse group of disorders, in which the immune-mediated inflammatory pro...
Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), a chronic vasculitis of the large and medium-sized arteries, af...
AbstractGiant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting primarily the elderly....
Background: Visual loss is a recognized complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, its rat...
Purpose The purpose of this article is to review giant cell arteritis, with a focus on ophthalmic ma...
Background: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vessel vasculitis (1) and carries th...
Sumarið 2020 leitaði kona á níræðisaldri til læknis vegna höfuðverks og sjóntruflana. Greining var ó...
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, p...
The differential of scalp ulceration in older patients should include several causes, such as herpes...
Summary: • GCA is most common in elderly (age > 50) • Presenting symptom = headache anywhere in the ...
We report the case of a 75-year-old-woman who presented with bilateral scalp ulcerations and blindne...
A 68 year old woman with advanced giant cell arteritis presented with progressive tongue, lip, and s...
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology affecting medium and large ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), or temporal arteritis, is a vas-culitis of medium-to-large-sized arterie...
Background/Aims: The ophthalmic features of giant cell arteritis involve a spectrum of severity from...
A systemic vasculitis is a diverse group of disorders, in which the immune-mediated inflammatory pro...
Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), a chronic vasculitis of the large and medium-sized arteries, af...
AbstractGiant-cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting primarily the elderly....
Background: Visual loss is a recognized complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, its rat...
Purpose The purpose of this article is to review giant cell arteritis, with a focus on ophthalmic ma...
Background: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vessel vasculitis (1) and carries th...