A vasculitic disorder which presents with head pain and scalp tenderness and a high ESR. Sudden loss of vision may occur due to retinal artery occlusion. Part of the polymyalgia rheumatica disease spectrum. Also known as cranial or temporal arteritis.
type of vasculitis of head and neck arteries See also: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
A disorder that causes inflammation that damages large and medium-sized arteries. Because some of the affected arteries provide blood to the head, including the temples, the condition may also be called temporal arteritis.
(Also called cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton's disease.) - disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss;
A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels ( vasculitis). The vessels affected by the inflammation are the arteries (hence the name "arteritis"). The age of affected patients is usually over 50 years of age. Giant cell arteritis can lead to blindness and/or stroke. It is detected by a biopsy of an artery. Giant cell arteritis is treated with high dose cortisone-related medications. Also called temporal arteritis or cranial arteritis.
This disorder involves inflammation and damage to blood vessels, most commonly the blood vessels of the head, especially the temporal arteries that branch from the carotid artery of the neck. However, it can be systemic, affecting multiple arteries anywhere in the body. There is inflammation and necrosis (death of the tissues) of one or more arteries. The cause is unknown but is assumed to be, at least in part, an effect of the immune response. The disorder has been associated with polymyalgia rheumatica, as well as with severe infections, high doses of antibiotics, and chronic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. The symptoms occur because of inflammation.
Disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss; also known as cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton's disease. GI FT (gamete intrafallopian transfer) - Method of treating infertility by removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, combining them with sperm from her partner or a donor in the laboratory, then placing the eggs and sperm together in one of her fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur.
