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Disease Information for Aortitis, giant cell

Clinical Manifestations
Signs & Symptoms: Brachial pulse decreased; Bruit, chest; Leg BP low/arm BP high; Pulse pressure decreased/narrow/Parvus pulse; Thigh claudication; Unequal blood pressures/different arms
: Weak/Weak as a kitten (symptom)
: Stroke syndrome/signs
: Constitutional symptoms; Enervated/extreme acute fatigue; Weakness; Weakness non-neuromuscular/systemic
: Amaurosis fugats/transient blindness-vision loss; Fleeting Blindness; Transient Blindness One Eye
Clinical Presentation & Variations: Fever and High Sed Rate
Laboratory Tests
Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured): Very High Sed Rate
Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased: C-reactive protein (Lab); Highly sensitive CRP (LAB); Interleukin-6/IL-6 levels (Lab); Sed Rate/ESR/Sedimentation rate (Lab); Serum Amyloid A (SSA)
Diagnostic Test Results
Pathology: BX/Artery Biopsy/Vasculitis/arterial wall; PATH/Granulomatous inflammation/large vessels/vasa v.; PATH/Granulomatous vasculitis
: PATH/Granulomatous tissue/specimen
X-RAY: Xray/Aortic pulsations decreased/fluoroscopy; Xray/Aortic pulsations/decreased thoracic/fluoroscopy
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
Rule Outs: Optic neuritis; Takayasu's pulseless aortitis syndrome
Associated Disease & Complications: Aorta rupture, thoracic spontaneous; Aortic arch syndrome; Aortic regurgitation; Aortitis; Aortitis, Giant cell; Brachial/axillary artery occlusion; CVA Vascular disorders causes; Dissecting aortic aneurysm; Granulomatous Vasculitis; Renal vasculitis
Disease Mechanism & Classification
Class: CLASS/Aorta involvement/disorder (ex); CLASS/Cardiovascular (category); CLASS/Thoracic aortic involvement/disorder (ex); CLASS/Vascular Large Vessel Disorder
Pathophysiology: Pathophysiology/Large Vessel Vasculitis; Pathophysiology/Regional vasculitis/Arteritis
: Pathophysiology/Granulomatous arteritis
Process: PROCESS/Allergy/collagen/autoimmune (category); PROCESS/Allergy/inflammatory/granulomatous disorder (ex).; PROCESS/Inflammatory/Granulomatous disease (ex)
: PROCESS/Inflammatory/Vascular/venous/phlebitis (ex)
: PROCESS/Granulomatous Disease
Synonyms
Synonym: Aortic Arteritis Giant Cell, Aortitides Giant Cell, Aortitis Giant Cell, Arteritis Giant Cell Horton's, Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis, Giant Cell Aortitides, Giant Cell Aortitis, Synonym/Giant Cell Arteritis
Treatment
Drug Therapy - Indication: RX/Corticosteroid (Cortisone)
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External Links Related to Aortitis, giant cell: Google; Wikipedia; Merck; Images; PubMed (National Library of Medicine); NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); Medscape (eMedicine); Harrison's Online (accessmedicine); NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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