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Cotton wool spots as the only fundoscopic manifestation of giant cell arteritis: A scoping review Cover

Cotton wool spots as the only fundoscopic manifestation of giant cell arteritis: A scoping review

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|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

PRISMA 2020 flow diagram for new systematic reviews which included searches of databases and registers only

The main characteristics of the sixteen included articles

Author, year, countryNo. of patientsDiagnosis
1. MacLeod JDA[17], 1993, UK1TAB+
2. Melberg NS[18], 1995, US7 (6a)TAB+
3. Asensio Sánchez VM[19], 2004, Spain2 (1a)TAB+
4. Velusami P[4], 2005, UK1TAB+
5. Daudin JB[20], 2006, France1TAB−
6. Jaggi[5], 2007, Switzerland2(2a)TAB+
7. Johnson MC[21], 2008, US1TAB+
8. Levin[22], 2011, US1TAB+
9. De Smit E[23], 2013, UK1TAB+
10. Thanos A[7], 2015, USA1TAB+
11. Gospe[24], 2017, US1TAB+
12. Virdee[25], 2019, UK1TAB+
13. Rai AS[26], 2020, Canada1TAB+
14. Fu L[27], 2022, UK1“Halo sign”b
15. Yagci BA[28], 2023, Turkey1TAB+
16. Pellegrini[29], 2023, Italy1TAB+
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2026-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Submitted on: May 6, 2026
Published on: Aug 3, 2026
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Ioana Teodora Vladareanu, Raluca Claudia Iancu, Ruxandra Coroleuca, Dan George Deleanu, Alexandra Vrapciu, Radu Zorel Filipescu, Andrada Elena Mirescu-Deleanu, Alina Popa-Cherecheanu, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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