Giant Cell Arteritis and COVID-19: Similarities and Discriminators. A Systematic Literature Review.

Puja Mehta Sebastian Eduardo Sattui Kornelis S M van der Geest Elisabeth Brouwer Richard P Conway Michael S Putman Philip C Robinson Sarah Louise Mackie

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2020)

Overlapping features of GCA and COVID-19 include headache, fever, elevated CRP and cough. Jaw claudication, visual loss, platelet count and lymphocyte count may be more discriminatory. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of diagnostic confusion. We have designed a simple checklist to aid evidence-based evaluation of patients with suspected GCA.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
giant cell
sars cov
peripheral blood
primary care