Table 3.
Diagnosis | Patients | Dopplersonography periorbital arteries | CDS temporal artery | CDS carotid artery | CDS vertebral artery | ||||
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giant cell arteritis with NOC | 47 | abn GCA | n = 15 (32%) | halo | n = 23 (49%) | halo | n = 1 (2%) | halo | n = 4 (9%) |
abn ICA occl | n = 3 (6%) | halo + stenosis | n = 15 (32%) | plaques | n = 36 (77%) | halo + stenosis | n = 1 (2%) | ||
normal | n = 29 (62%) | normal | n = 9 (19%) | stenosis ≥50% | n = 4 (9%) | stenosis ≥ 50% | n = 0 | ||
normal | n = 6 (13%) | normal | n = 42 (89%) | ||||||
giant cell arteritis without NOC | 85 | abn GCA | n = 4 (5%) | halo | n = 36 (42%) | halo | n = 5 (6%) | halo | n = 4 (5%) |
abn ICA occl | n = 2 (2%) | halo + stenosis | n = 17 (20%) | plaques | n = 54 (64%) | halo + stenosis | n = 2 (2%) | ||
normal | n = 79 (93%) | normal | n = 32 (38%) | stenosis ≥ 50% | n = 6 (7%) | stenosis ≥ 50% | n = 6 (7%) | ||
normal | n = 20 (24%) | normal | n = 73 (86%) | ||||||
other diagnoses with NOC | 33 | abn GCA | n = 0 | halo | n = 3 (9%) | halo | n = 0 | halo | n = 0 |
abn ICA occl | n = 3 (9%) | halo + stenosis | n = 0 | plaques | n = 23 (70%) | halo + stenosis | n = 0 | ||
normal | n = 30 (91%) | normal | n = 30 (91%) | stenosis ≥ 50% | n = 9 (27%) | stenosis ≥ 50% | n = 2 (6%) | ||
normal | n = 1 (3%) | normal | n = 31 (94%) |
Abbreviations: abn GCA, abnormalities typical for GCA; abn ICA occl, abnormalities typical for internal carotid artery occlusion; CDS, color duplex sonography