Ultrasonographic findings as diagnostic and follow-up tool in cranial giant cell arteritis

Taniguchi, Yoshinori; Nishikawa, Hiroshi; Amano, Eri; Fujimoto, Shimpei; Terada, Yoshio

doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcx174

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“…Color Doppler ultrasonography is a convenient, rapid, and noninvasive tool for the estimation of tissue inflammation and blood flow. We have also demonstrated the usefulness of differential diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in patients with ischemic optic neuropathy [89,90]. Therefore, color Doppler ultrasonography of the ear pinna and temporal arteries may be useful for the differential diagnosis of RPC and arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy.…”

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confidence: 71%

Ocular Involvement in Relapsing Polychondritis

Fukuda

Mizobuchi

Nakajima

et al. 2021

JCM

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Relapsing polychondritis (RPC) is a rare systemic immune-mediated disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous and proteoglycan-rich tissues throughout the body. Auricular, nasal, tracheal, and articular chondritis and arthritis are common systemic symptoms in patients with RPC. Ocular tissues are also targets of inflammation in RPC, and a variety of ocular symptoms are observed in approximately half of the patients with RPC. Scleritis/episcleritis, uveitis, and conjunctivitis are common symptoms associated with RPC. Less frequently, keratitis, retinopathy, optic neuropathy, muscle palsy, and orbital inflammation are also observed. Ocular inflammation could also be the first manifestation of RPC. Although RPC is a potentially fatal and sight-threatening disease, the rarity of the disease and its protean clinical presentation may lead to delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis. Given the high prevalence of ocular involvement in RPC, to avoid misdiagnosis, physicians should be suspicious of RPC when they see patients with recurrent ocular inflammatory conditions and various systemic symptoms. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of ocular manifestations associated with RPC.

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confidence: 71%