Clinically isolated aortitis: pitfalls, progress, and possibilities
Cinar I, Wang H, Stone J. Clinically isolated aortitis: pitfalls, progress, and possibilities. Cardiovascular Pathology 2017, 29: 23-32. PMID: 28500877, DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2017.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant cell arteritisExtracranial giant cell arteritisNon-infectious aortitisSubsequent aortic eventsSystemic rheumatologic diseaseComputed tomography scanningMagnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographyGiant cell patternAortic eventsImmunosuppressive therapyInfectious aortitisSystemic vasculitisCell arteritisRheumatologic diseasesClinical evidenceSystemic disordersAortic imagingAortitisAortic tissuePatientsResonance imagingTomography scanningEmission tomographyMultiple studies