Optic nerve sheath measurement to monitor disease activity in giant cell arteritis: a pilot study.
Carolyn RossStéphanie Ducharme-BénardSamer HusseinRosalie-Sélène MeunierChristian PagnouxJean-Paul MakhzoumPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2024)
ONSD on ultrasound improves after 3 months of therapy in patients with GCA. A longer prospective study is required to determine if ONSD is useful to assess disease activity in GCA. Key Points • ONS ultrasound can identify patients with active GCA. • The ONSD on ultrasound is dynamic and improved after 3 months of GCA therapy. • ONS ultrasound may be useful to monitor disease activity in GCA.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- optic nerve
- giant cell
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- ultrasound guided
- stem cells
- computed tomography
- optical coherence tomography
- mesenchymal stem cells