The use of the color Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis and monitoring of an atypical case of giant-cell arteritis.
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a large vessels vasculitis that is typically characterised by headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication and visual disturbances. Temporal arteries color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) is a sensitive and non-invasive image technique used in the diagnosis of this disease. This work highlights the importance of CDUS in the diagnostic workup of GCA and also demonstrates it´s usefullness in the evaluation and documentation of the response to corticosteroids therapy in an atypical case of ACG.
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Martins
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Polido-Pereira
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Rodrigues
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Soares
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Batista
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Pereira da Silva
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color