Rheumatology

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to the diagnosis and management of optic chiasmitis in systemic lupus erythematosus?

And have you ever seen it occur in isolation without any other manifestations of SLE?

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How would you interpret a temporal artery biopsy demonstrating focal chronic inflammation in the adventitia associated with small adventitial vessels and nerves without inflammation of the intima and media and without giant cells?

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Can giant cell arteritis present with a partial cranial neuropathy?

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Do you always perform temporal artery biopsy in patients with positive inflammatory markers and high clinical suspicion of GCA?

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Is either ESR or CRP more sensitive or specific for the diagnosis of GCA?

Additionally, what is the current role for temporal artery ultrasound in workup for GCA?

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What is your approach to evaluation of underlying autoimmune disease in patients with bilateral scleromalacia?

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Papers discussed in this category

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 2012-06

Utility of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Jul 08

2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Jul 03

2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis.

Mayo Clin Proc,

My Treatment Approach to Giant Cell Arteritis.

Open access rheumatology : research and reviews, 2016

Polymyalgia rheumatica: observations of disease evolution without corticosteroid treatment.

Medicine, 2016 Feb

Description and Validation of Histological Patterns and Proposal of a Dynamic Model of Inflammatory Infiltration in Giant-cell Arteritis.

Histopathology, 2023 Aug 08

Age-related histopathological findings in temporal arteries.

Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology, 2023 Sep 06

Consensus statement on the processing, interpretation and reporting of temporal artery biopsy for arteritis.

The British journal of ophthalmology, 1997 Feb

Successful treatment of optic neuropathy in association with systemic lupus erythematosus using intravenous cyclophosphamide.

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