Table I.

Baseline characteristics of the five patients

Gender, n (%)	Male – 1 (20%) Female – 4 (80% )
Age at the date of examination, average (min-max) [years]	73 (68–84)
ESR (min-max) [mm/h]	22–30
CRP (min-max) [mg/l]	2.2–6.00
Disease duration before the diagnosis of WH, min-max [months]	2–8
Patients with halo sign in TA CDS (%)	100
Patients with FDG-CT positive (%)	100

ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP – C-reactive protein; TA CDS – temporal artery colour duplex sonography; FGD-CT – 18fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with total body contrast-enhanced computerized tomography