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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 Ng1,2, 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…
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