Interest of Medical Imaging in the Diagnostic Strategy Vis a Vis a Suspected Horton Disease

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild45 enrolled

Overview

The study aims at measuring the sensitivity and specificity of a series of imaging signs (recorded by magnetic resonance angiography, vascular tomodensitometry, vascular ultrasonography, retina angiography and retina optic coherence tomography) for the diagnosis of Horton disease, the gold standard being the result of temporal artery biopsy.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Horton Disease

Interventions

Vascular tomodensitometryRADIATION

Magnetic resonance angiographyOTHER

Vascular ultrasonographyOTHER

Retinal angiographyOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild and suspected to suffer from Horton disease, based on the presence of 3 or more major criteria, or 2 major criteria and at least one minor criteria. Major criteria : Age \> 50 ans ; headache ; intermittent jaw or tongue pain ; visual impairment ; ESR \> 50 mm at 1h and/or CRP \> 8mg/l. Minor criteria: temporal artery or scalp tenderness ; facial pain or tenderness ; fever \>38°C, weight loss \>10%, anorexia, fatigue. Exclusion Criteria: * Autoimmune disease * Active infectious condition * Malignant disease * Condition counterindicating one or several of the protocol's imaging procedures : allergy to iodine and/or renal insufficiency and/or claustrophobia and/or metallic foreign body...

Locations (1)

Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rotchschild

Paris, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

MRI angiography mural inflammation

Presence of signs of artery mural inflammation in T1 sequence of MRI angiography

Time frame: Baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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