Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology, Lee and Susan Mollan, MBChB, FRCOphth, PhD, debated this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell ...

Aims We present our preliminary experience with the use of ultrasound in aiding the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Schmidt et alhave previously described a hypoechoic or ‘halo’ effect ...

A new study shows that cranial ultrasound has a greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy, and a comparable specificity in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis. A new study presented for the ...

Positive findings with color Doppler ultrasound were enough to diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) accurately without need for confirmation with temporal artery biopsy (TAB), a prospective study ...

Temporal artery ultrasound alone was sufficient to accurately diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) in over half of patients in a new prospective study. The findings provide further evidence that ...

Using cranial ultrasound can provide greater sensitivity in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) compared to temporal artery biopsy, a new study reveals. Using cranial ultrasound can provide ...

Temporal artery biopsy has been the standard for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA), but vascular ultrasound, a procedure that's less invasive, less time-intensive, less expensive, and more ...

A 78-year-old man was referred for an ultrasound of his right eye to evaluate a small choroidal nevus. He also mentioned almost total loss of vision in his left eye over the past several days. His ...

Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis, or GCA) is an autoimmune disease of older people that causes headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication (jaw pain with chewing), fever, sweats or weight ...

Ultrasound (US) is a very helpful clinical tool in rheumatology due to its low cost, portability, and accessibility for point ...