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Case Report: Giant cell arteritis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin
2023-08-25
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Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis or cranial arteritis, is a type of systemic vasculitis that mainly affects large and medium-sized arteries in the head, neck, and upper extremities. It is characterized by inflammation of the walls of arteries, which can lead to narrowing or blockage of the affected vessels, and can result in serious complications such as vision loss, stroke and aortic aneurys...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2e001a00-e489-58d6-ba3e-6767e31d6fe8
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- 10.12688/f1000research.135380.1
