Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications

Signs/Symptoms: 

 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves of pain corresponding to pulsations of blood)

 - Scalp painful to palpation

 - Temporal artery tender, nodular, may be pulsatile

 - Masseter muscle pain when chewing claudication)

 - Vision loss (mono- or binocular) - Can lead to blindness!

 - Diplopia (seeing double)

 - Stroke or TIA-like symptoms (weakness, aphasia, dysarthria, etc)

 - Papillary Edema, Flame Hemorrhages



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