Case 354 · ICHD-3 6.4.1
6.4.1 Headache attributed to giant cell arteritis (GCA)
- Origin
- Synthetic
- Language
- English — also available in German
- Contributed by
- Imported case — HeadAI synthetic vignettes (de Andrade JBC, da Silva Costa TB, Vasconcelos JL, Lopes TLM, Balsells MD, Cristofolini VL, Querobin SO, Filho FMR. Validation of an AI-based platform for structured diagnosis of headache disorders using ICHD-3 criteria. BMC Neurology 25, 489 (2025). doi:10.1186/s12883-025-04473-1. Dataset: Andrade J. Head.AI Platform. Mendeley Data, V2 (2025). doi:10.17632/4fms6cw2s5.2)
Anamnesis
A 61-year-old woman presents with a moderate-intensity headache associated with scalp tenderness and jaw claudication—she reports pain when chewing. She has experienced fluctuations in visual loss, weight loss, and low-grade fever over the past two weeks. There is tenderness on temporal palpation.
Report this case — e.g. suspected re-identification risk.