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How would you approach management of nodular scleritis in the setting of suspected GCA?

Can nodular scleritis be a presenting manifestation of GCA?

Do you routinely obtain baseline vascular imaging (CTA, MRA, PET) in patients with suspected GCA, but negative temporal artery biopsy?

Per 2021 GCA Vasculitis Guidelines: low evidence, but conditional recommendation for CTA neck, chest, abd/pelvis. Is anybody following this or do you ...

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How long do you continue steroid-sparing agents such as tocilizumab for GCA once the disease is in remission off steroids?

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At what point in GCA management do you typically introduce tocilizumab?

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Ann Intern Med, 2020 Sep 22

Risk for Serious Infection With Low-Dose Glucocorticoids in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis : A Cohort Study.

N Engl J Med,

Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis.

Lancet, 2016 Mar 04

Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2015-03

Large-vessel giant cell arteritis: a cohort study.

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