title: Giant cell arteritis with spontaneous remission.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis (GCA) are variable. Whether signs and symptoms present in an explosive fashion or insidiously, once manifest the course is usually progressive unless treatment is initiated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of patients with GCA seen in an outpatient neuro-ophthalmology clinic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report four patients with biopsy-proven GCA who experienced spontaneous remission. Clinical manifestations consisted of headache and diplopia in two patients, constitutional symptoms in one patient and facial pain in another.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians should be aware of this aspect of the disease in order to avoid a delay in diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Midwest Eye Institute, and Indiana University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Indianapolis, Indiana 46280, USA. vpurvin@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Purvin
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology