See Also: temporal arteritis(medicine)
Temporal arteritis(health)
Arteritis, temporal(health)
Arteritis(health)
arteritis(encyclopedia)
Arteritis(medicine)
arteritis(dictionary)
extracranial arteritis(medicine)
takayasu arteritis(medicine)
takayasu's arteritis(medicine)

Temporal arteritis (health)


A vasculitic disorder which presents with head pain and scalp tenderness and a high ESR. Sudden loss of vision may occur due to retinal artery occlusion. Part of the polymyalgia rheumatica disease spectrum. Also known as cranial or giant cell arteritis.