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. 2023 Oct 18;7(3):rkad090.
doi: 10.1093/rap/rkad090. eCollection 2023.

Temporal swelling: beyond giant cell arteritis

Joana Martins-Martinho  1   2 , Ana T Melo  1   2 , Ana R Lopes  1   2 , Diana P Afonso  3   4 , Cristina Ponte  1   2
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Temporal swelling: beyond giant cell arteritis

Joana Martins-Martinho et al. Rheumatol Adv Pract. .
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Figure 1.
Patient with temporal swelling and its ultrasound evaluation. (A) Swelling in the left temporal area (arrows). (B) Ultrasound image of the left common superficial temporal artery, in transverse view, showing a normal intima–media complex with no halo sign (*). (C) Ultrasound image of a normal frontal branch of the left temporal artery, in transverse view, surrounded by a hypoechoic ovoid node (x). (D) Ultrasound image of two hypoechoic nodes with fatty hilum suggestive of lymph nodes
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