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large vessel vasculitis (large vessel arteritis)
Includes:
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- temporal arteritis (> 50 years)
- Takayasu's arteritis (girls, young women)
Laboratory:
- non-specific
- complete blood count (CBC) - anemia
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate elevated
- serum C-reactive protein elevated
Related
medium vessel vasculitis
small vessel vasculitis
Specific
polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
Takayasu's arteritis; aortic arch syndrome; pulseless disease
temporal arteritis; cranial arteritis; giant cell arteritis; Horton's disease
General
autoimmune arteritis
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 20
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2025
- Pugh D, Karabayas M, Basu N, et al.
Large-vessel vasculitis.
Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2022;7:93.
PMID: 34992251