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Ultrasound is the primary imaging technique for suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA). Both in GCA and in Takayasu arteritis ultrasound shows a characteristic, concentric, non-compressible artery wall swelling known as ‘halo sign’
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Bruyn, G.A., Schmidt, W.A. (2023). Arterial Ultrasound in Rheumatology. In: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27737-5_13
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