Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis and temporal arteritis"

Abstract Number: 2762 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Longer or Bilateral Temporal Artery Biopsy (TAB) Is More Likely to Yield a Positive Result for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Database Cohort
Sarah H. Chung¹, Meredith B. Morcos¹ and Bernard Ng^1,2, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: TAB is currently considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of GCA. However, it is suspected that the sensitivity of TAB is limited by…
Abstract Number: 2769 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Single Center Experience of Temporal Artery Biopsies Performed in 30 African American Patients
Ammar Haikal¹, Garth Fraga², Jason Springer¹ and Mehrdad Maz³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Kansas City, KS, ²The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, KS, ³Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries mostly reported in Caucasians (CCs) over 50 y.o. There is limited…
Abstract Number: 2776 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin-6 Expression in Inflamed and Non-Inflamed Temporal Arteries from Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Nicolò Pipitone¹, Francesco Muratore², Ione Tamagnini³, Alberto Cavazza⁴, Luca Cimino⁵, Luigi Boiardi², Giovanna Restuccia⁶, Martina Bonacini⁷, Stefania Croci⁷ and Carlo Salvarani⁸, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Unit of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Arsicpedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Pathology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Ophthalmology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unitn, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, 42100, Italy, ⁷Unit of Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁸Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To evaluate if interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression in the temporal artery biopsy (TAB) specimens may differentiate patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) from those without.…
Abstract Number: 2782 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is It Necessary to Hold Anticoagulation Prior to Temporal Artery Biopsy?
Mahjabeen Haq¹, Danielle Schwartz¹, Monica Weinberg¹, Jillian Cepeda¹, Erin Taub², Asha Patniak³ and Qingping Yao⁴, ¹Department of Medicine-Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Division, Stony Brook University Hospital, stony brook, NY, ²Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, stony brook, NY, ³Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Temporal arteritis (TA) is characterized by chronic granulomatous inflammation in medium and large-sized vessels. It affects 20 in 100,000…
Abstract Number: 777 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences between Temporal Artery Biopsy-Positive and Biopsy-Negative Giant Cell Arteritis: A Comparative Cohort Study
Matthew J. Koster¹, Karthik Yeruva¹, Cynthia S. Crowson² and Kenneth J. Warrington¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in patients aged 50 years or older. The presence of cranial features and an…
Abstract Number: 1963 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Specialty of Provider Referring for Temporal Artery Biopsy Affects the Likelihood of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Diagnosis
Lindsay Lally¹ and Robert F. Spiera², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, HSS, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Presenting signs/symptoms of GCA can be nonspecific and patients can initially present to a spectrum of clinical specialties. While temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is…