Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
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Giant Cell Arteritis: PearlWhen the patient tells you that he or she has jawclaudication, the diagnosis is relatively straightforward (buta biopsy should still be performed).Specifically, the presence of facial pressure while talk<strong>in</strong>g, thereluctance to eat meat because of difficulty <strong>in</strong> chew<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong>other similarly oblique confessions may be valuable clues tothe presence of GCA.Hall S, Lie J, Kurl<strong>and</strong> L, et al: The therapeutic impact of temporal artery biopsy.Lancet 2:1217-1220,1983
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