"Giant Cell Arteritis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A systemic autoimmune disorder that typically affects medium and large ARTERIES, usually leading to occlusive granulomatous vasculitis with transmural infiltrate containing multinucleated GIANT CELLS. The TEMPORAL ARTERY is commonly involved. This disorder appears primarily in people over the age of 50. Symptoms include FEVER; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; visual impairment; pain in the jaw and tongue; and aggravation of pain by cold temperatures. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed)
Descriptor ID |
D013700
|
MeSH Number(s) |
C10.114.875.700 C10.228.140.300.850.500 C14.907.253.946.700 C14.907.940.090.530 C14.907.940.907.700 C17.800.862.252 C20.111.258.962.800
|
Concept/Terms |
Giant Cell Arteritis- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Arteritides, Giant Cell
- Arteritis, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Arteritides
- Arteritis, Giant Cell, Horton's
- Horton's Giant Cell Arteritis
- Horton Disease
- Horton Giant Cell Arteritis
- Horton's Disease
- Hortons Disease
- Arteritis, Giant Cell, Horton
- Giant Cell Arteritis, Horton
Temporal Arteritis- Temporal Arteritis
- Arteritides, Temporal
- Temporal Arteritides
- Arteritis, Temporal
Juvenile Temporal Arteritis- Juvenile Temporal Arteritis
- Arteritides, Juvenile Temporal
- Arteritis, Juvenile Temporal
- Juvenile Temporal Arteritides
- Temporal Arteritides, Juvenile
- Temporal Arteritis, Juvenile
Aortic Arteritis, Giant Cell- Aortic Arteritis, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Aortitis, Horton's
- Giant Cell Aortitis
- Aortitis, Giant Cell
- Aortitides, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Aortitides
- Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis
Cranial Arteritis- Cranial Arteritis
- Arteritides, Cranial
- Arteritis, Cranial
- Cranial Arteritides
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Giant Cell Arteritis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Giant Cell Arteritis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Giant Cell Arteritis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Giant Cell Arteritis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Giant Cell Arteritis" by people in Profiles.