Advanced search
Publication Cover
Modern Rheumatology Volume 29, 2019 - Issue 4
Journal homepage
85
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Morphologic ultrasonography of the temporal artery for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: Brief report

Chiara PosarelliOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and of the Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-5177
ORCID Icon,
Rosaria TalaricoRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
,
Andrea PassaniOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and of the Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
,
Marta MoscaRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
,
Marco NardiOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and of the Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
&
Michele FigusOphthalmology Unit, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and of the Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
Pages 717-719 | Received 05 Mar 2018, Accepted 14 Jul 2018, Published online: 13 Sep 2018

References

  • Salvarani C, Cantini F, Hunder GG. Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis. Lancet. 2008;372(9634):234–45.
  • Patil P, Karia N, Jain S, Dasgupta B. Giant cell arteritis: a review. Eye Brain. 2013;5:23–33.
  • Hunder GG, Arend WP, Bloch DA, Calabrese LH, Fauci AS, Fries JF. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of vasculitis: introduction Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33(8):1065–7.
  • Schmidt WA, Kraft HE, Vorpahl K, Völker L, Gromnica-Ihle EJ. Color duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. N Engl J Med. 1997;337(19):1336–42.
  • Schmidt WA. Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2000;18(4 Suppl 20):S40–S2.
  • Monti S, Floris A, Ponte CB, Schmidt WA, Diamantopoulos AP, Pereira C, et al. The proposed role of ultrasound in the management of giant cell arteritis in routine clinical practice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018;57(1):112–9.
  • Lesar CJ, Meier GH, DeMasi RJ, Sood J, Nelms CR, Carter KA, et al. The utility of color duplex ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. J Vasc Surg. 2002;36(6):1154–60.
  • Karassa FB, Matsagas MI, Schmidt WA, Ioannidis JP. Meta-analysis: test performance of ultrasonography for giant-cell arteritis. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142(5):359–69.
  • Ball EL, Walsh SR, Tang TY, Gohil R, Clarke JM. Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. Br J Surg. 2010;97(12):1765–71.
  • Arida A, Kyprianou M, Kanakis M, Sfikakis PP. The diagnostic value of ultrasonography-derived edema of the temporal artery wall in giant cell arteritis: a second meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010;11:44
  • Karahaliou M, Vaiopoulos G, Papaspyrou S, Kanakis MA, Revenas K, Sfikakis PP. Colour duplex sonography of temporal arteries before decision for biopsy: a prospective study in 55 patients with suspected giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(4):R116
  • Hall S, Persellin S, Lie JT, O'Brien PC, Kurland LT, Hunder GG. The therapeutic impact of temporal artery biopsy. Lancet. 1983;2(8361):1217–20.
  • Ikard RW. Clinical efficacy of temporal artery biopsy in Nashville, Tennessee. South Med J. 1988;81(10):1222–4.
  • Breuer GS, Nesher R, Nesher G. Negative temporal artery biopsies: eventual diagnoses and features of patients with biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis compared to patients without arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008;26(6):1103
  • Breuer GS, Nesher G, Nesher R. Rate of discordant findings in bilateral temporal artery biopsy to diagnose giant cell arteritis. J Rheumatol. 2009;36(4):794–6.
  • Hellmann DB, Hunder GG. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. In: Harris ED, Budd RC, Firestein GS, Genovese MC, Sergent JS, Ruddy S, Sledge CB, editors. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders 1343-56; 2005.
  • Dejaco C, Ramiro S, Duftner C, Besson FL, Bley TA, Blockmans D. EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018;77(5):636–43.
  • Figus M, Talarico R, Posarelli C. d'Ascanio A, Elefante E, Bombardieri S. Ocular involvement in giant cell arteritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013;1(Suppl 75):S96.
  • Watelet M, Samson M, de Boysson H, Bienvenu B. Treatment of giant-cell arteritis, a literature review. Mod Rheumatol. 2017; 27(5):747–54.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.