Temporal arteritis

Submitted by devarshee on Fri, 11/02/2011 - 09:29
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The main features of temporal arteritis are

 

  •     Anaemia, AION, Aortic arch aneurysm, Amaurosis fugax, Aches and pains  
  •     Blindness, Bruit over the Subclavian artery
  •     Constitutional symptoms (night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetit)e, CRAO
  •     Dramatic response to steroids, Depression
  •     ESR high, Elderly people are affected
  •     Fever, FUO
  •     Granulomatous infiltration with Giant cells in biopsy
  •     Head ache
  •     Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy and
  •     Jaw claudication

 

 (AION: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy)

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imageTemporal arteritis is the most common form of vasculitis in the adult and with appropriate treatment it is an eminently treatable, controllable and often curable disease.

Comments

Submitted by Nishanth_koda on Fri, 11/02/2011 - 21:48.

@devashree:

Hi,

This is a very useful mnemonic.
Thank you.

-Nishanth

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