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    Rheumatology: Extended ultrasonography finds larger vessel involvement in giant cell arteritis patients

    • Last Update: 2022-09-06
    • Source: Internet
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    OBJECTIVE: To compare limited and more extensive ultrasonography (anteromedial ultrasonography, A2 ultrasonography) to detect large vessel (LV) involvement in patients with newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis (GCA)


    Methods: Patients with new-onset GCA were included at the time of diagnosis


    RESULTS: A total of 133 patients were included in the study


    Ninety-three (70.


    Vertebral vasculitis was the only disease with LV involvement in 12 patients (9.


    Five patients (3.


    Forty patients (30.


    Conclusions: Extended A2 ultrasonography identified more patients with LV involvement than limited ultrasonography methods


     

    Source:

    Bull Haaversen AC, Brekke LK, Kermani TA, et al.


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