Review Article
The Thromboembolic Risk in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Critical Review of the Literature
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of GCA; percentage of patients presenting the indicated features.
| Symptoms | Signs |
| Severe headaches (75%) | Temporal artery tenderness | Jaw claudication (50%) | Impaired or absent temporal pulse | Visual loss (temporary or permanent) (20%) | Fever | Tongue pain/dysphagia/impaired swallowing | Extraocular muscle weakness | Dyspnoea/cough (10%) | Neurological symptoms (30%), of which 15% are neuropathy | Vestibular/cochlear dysfunction | Raynaud’s phenomenon | Muscle-skeletal pain (25%) | Arthritis/synovitis |
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