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Giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis, Horton's disease) is a granulomatous large-vessel vasculitis of people over 50 causing headache, jaw claudication, and vision loss; diagnosed by biopsy, ultrasound halo sign, and 2022 ACR/EULAR criteria, treated with glucocorticoids, tocilizumab, and upadacitinib.
Juvenile temporal arteritis
Juvenile temporal arteritis (JTA), non-giant cell granulomatous temporal arteritis with eosinophilia, is a rare benign vasculitis of the superficial temporal arteries in people under about 45, presenting as temporal nodules without systemic symptoms, first described by Lie et al. in 1975.
Rheumatic aortitis
Rheumatic aortitis (ICD-11 1B41.10) is aortic wall inflammation from rheumatic disease, chiefly giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis, also rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, causing aneurysm, stenosis, and regurgitation.
Takayasu's arteritis
Takayasu's arteritis (pulseless disease, TAK) is a rare chronic granulomatous large-vessel vasculitis of the aorta and its branches, mainly in young women, causing stenosis, aneurysms, stroke, and hypertension.
Vasculitis
Vasculitis, also called angiitis, is a group of rare inflammatory diseases of blood vessels, classified by the 2012 Chapel Hill nomenclature into large-, medium-, and small-vessel forms such as giant cell arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, and ANCA-associated vasculitis.