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Giant Cell Arteritis

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Vasculitis, Rheumatic Disease and the Nervous System

Abstract

The two disorders included in the category of giant cell arteritis are temporal or cranial arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis, also called pulseless disease or aortic arch arteritis. Both diseases are characterized histopathologically by panarteritides of large or medium-sized arteries, with inflammatory mononuclear cell infiltrates of the media, giant cell formation within vessel walls, and destruction of the internal elastic lamina. Eventually, proliferation of intima leads to vessel occlusion.

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  1. Peter Berlit
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  1. Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Essen, Neurologische Klinik mit klinisher Neurophysiologie, Alfried-Krupp-Straβe 21, D-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    Peter Berlit Prof. Dr. med.

  2. Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, 6E University Health Center, 4201 St. Antoine, 48208, Detroit, Michigen, USA

    Patricia M. Moore M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Berlit, P., Storch-Hagenlocher, B. (1993). Giant Cell Arteritis. In: Berlit, P., Moore, P.M. (eds) Vasculitis, Rheumatic Disease and the Nervous System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77122-4_4

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