Giant cell arteritis

Abstract

Jonathan Hutchinson (1890) described the first patient with the characteristic signs of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and called the disease “arteritis of the aged.” Horton, Magath, and Brown (1932 and 1934) published the clinical and histological signs of the temporal artery inflammation as a clinical entity for the first time. The disease occurs much more often in Caucasians and in cool climates, compared to people from other parts such as Africa or Asia, and is much more frequent in women.