Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2003 Aug;7(4):297-302. doi: 10.1007/s11916-003-0050-0.
Current pain and headache reports
Carol Redillas, Seymour Solomon
PMID: 12828879 DOI: 10.1007/s11916-003-0050-0
Temporal arteritis was first described in the late nineteenth century. Despite considerable progress in understanding the disease, its rarity in the young and in those who are not of Scandinavian ethnicity remains unexplained. Microbiologic agents and immunologic mechanisms have been implicated as causative factors. Although steroids remain the drug of choice, the use of other immunologic therapies has been proposed. This paper reviews the disease's history, probable etiologies, clinical manifestations, and its diagnostic and treatment challenges.