Editorial

"Silent" Giant Cell Arteritis

Authors: Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, MD, PHD, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy, MD

Abstract

Giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA) is a large and medium-sized blood vessel systemic vasculitis characterized by the granulomatous involvement of the aorta and its major branches, with predilection for the extracranial branches of the carotid artery.1 GCA is the most common vasculitis in the elderly in white individuals.2

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