Giant Cell Arteritis – A Series of Cases and Review of Literature

Title:Giant Cell Arteritis – A Series of Cases and Review of Literature

Volume: 9 Issue: 2

Author(s): Shiv Tej Sehra and Arathi Setty

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Keywords: Vasculitis, Giant Cell arteritis, Temporal Arteritis.

Abstract: Giant cell arteritis is the most frequently occurring primary vasculitis in European and North American adults over the age of 50 years. It usually presents with constitutional symptoms like fatigue, malaise and fevers with a temporal headache. We present a series of three interesting cases of the disease, discuss the differential diagnosis and review the literature on the same.

Cite this article as:

Sehra Tej Shiv and Setty Arathi, Giant Cell Arteritis – A Series of Cases and Review of Literature, Current Rheumatology Reviews 2013; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573397111309020009

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573397111309020009	Print ISSN 1573-3971
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-6360