Novel ultrasonographic Halo Score for giant cell arteritis: assessment of diagnostic accuracy and association with ocular ischaemia.

Kornelis S M van der GeestFrances BorgAbdul KayaniDavy PaapPrisca GondoWolfgang SchmidtRaashid Ahmed LuqmaniBhaskar Dasgupta

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2020)

Ultrasound halo scoring allows to quantify the extent of vascular inflammation in GCA. Extensive vascular inflammation on ultrasound may provide strong diagnostic confirmation and associates with ocular ischaemia in GCA.

Keyphrases

giant cell
oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
optic nerve
contrast enhanced ultrasound
ultrasound guided