An 80-year-old man with headache, orbital pain and elevated ESR: challenges in the diagnosis of a patient with suspected giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Jun 17;60(Suppl 3):iii12-iii14. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab044.

Authors

Georgina Espígol-Frigolé¹, Sergio Prieto-González², Josep M Grau², Maria C Cid¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 34137873
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab044

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology
Humans
Male
Temporal Arteries / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18