Visualizing the Skip Lesions of Giant Cell Arteritis with CT Arteriography.

The article presents the case of a 77-year-old man who was doubted to have a giant cell arteritis after developing headaches, jaw claudication and diplopia. The man underwent a computed tomography (CT) angiography of the extracranial arteries and has revealed luminal narrowing and mural thickening with skip lesions inflammation along his right superficial temporal artery. It notes that the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis was proven after he had biopsy.