Epidemiology of giant-cell arteritis in an Arab population: A 22-year study

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry; Farrukh A. Shamsi; Elsanusi Elzaridi; Yonca O. Arat; Thomas M. Bosley; Fenwick C. Riley

doi:10.1136/bjo.2006.108845

Epidemiology of giant-cell arteritis in an Arab population: A 22-year study

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, Farrukh A. Shamsi, Elsanusi Elzaridi, Yonca O. Arat, Thomas M. Bosley, Fenwick C. Riley

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Objective: To study the epidemiology of biopsy-proven giant-cell arteritis (GCA) in an Arab population with clinical features suggestive of GCA. Methods: Clinical records of 102 patients who underwent temporal artery biopsy (TAB) at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 1983 to December 2004 were reviewed. Results: Among the 56 men and 46 women who had TAB, 7 (6.8%) had biopsy-proven GCA. The mean (SD) age of the biopsy-positive group (71.7 (8.6) years) was higher than in the biopsy-negative group (65 (9.8) years; p=0.005). None of the untreated patients with a negative TAB developed additional symptoms that are typical of GCA. Conclusion: The small absolute number of biopsy-proven cases of GCA implies a relatively low incidence of GCA in Arab population, confirming previous observations that GCA occurs primarily in the Caucasian population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	715-718
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	91
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2006.108845
State	Published - Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Sensory Systems
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