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ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice2014

Giant cell arteritis or tension-type headache?: A differential diagnostic dilemma.

Abdul Qayyum Rana, Usman Saeed, Osama A Khan, Abdul Rehman M Qureshi, Dion Paul

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Article in Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdul Qayyum RanaParkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Usman SaeedParkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Osama A KhanOakville Bone Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Abdul Rehman M QureshiParkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Dion PaulParkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Parkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto & Movement Disorders Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Temporal arteritis (TA) is an autoimmune disease and the most common type of vasculitis in the elderly. It causes inflammation of the medium and large arteries in the upper part of the body. GCA is an under-recognized cause of  head aches in the elderly, especially when it presents itself with atypical features, resulting in delayed or incorrect diagnosis. Since GCA is a treatable condition, an accurate diagnosis is crucial to prevent the most serious complication of CGA, permanent vision loss. The diagnosis can be further complicated as GCA may present with features of other painful neurological conditions. The present case is an 81-year-old woman diagnosed with GCA, who initially presented with features similar to tension-type headache. Due to overlapping features of these conditions, the diagnosis of GCA was delayed, resulting in irreversible vision loss. Although previous research highlights diagnostic dilemmas featuring GCA and other disease states, this case is exclusive in describing a unique dilemma where tension-type headache mimics GCA.

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Giant cell arteritisheadachestemporaltension-type headachevasculitisvision loss

Identifiers

PMID25288850
PMCPMC4173245
OpenAlexW2095527298

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