21. Causing factors include atherosclerosis, syphilis, Kawasaki disease, and Takayasu's arteritis , etc. 22. The age at onset helps to differentiate Takayasu's arteritis from other types of large vessel vasculitis. 23. Immunosuppressive pulse therapy, such as with cyclophosphamide, has also demonstrated relief of symptoms associated with arteritis . 24. This is caused by insufficiency of the arteries supplying the jaw muscles, associated with giant cell arteritis . 25. Giant-cell arteritis can involve branches of the aorta as well, leading to an aortic aneurysm or dissection. 26. Some individuals with Takayasu's arteritis may present with only late vascular changes, without a preceding systemic illness. 27. Ultrasonography is an ideal method of diagnosing patients in early stages of arteritis when inflammation in the vessel walls occurs. 28. Can the inflammation of the main arteries caused by arteritis create an incorrect reading on the lab test for cholesterol? 29. The results from the study were that MRI and FDG-PET were unreliable techniques due to giant cell arteritis . 30. He would have been about sixty-four, and suffering from temporal arteritis , when the painting was begun.
