Medscape4y
Giant Cell Arteritis: An Update on Diagnosis and Management
Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard in the diagnosis of GCA. However, this procedure should not delay the onset of corticosteroid therapy, especially if the patient has visual symptoms.
Medscape12d
Temporal artery biopsy for giant cell arteritis.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) techniques on establishing a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: A retrospective review of 141 TAB pathology ...
Nature3y
No need for biopsy in some patients with suspected giant cell arteritis
Color duplex sonography (CDS) of the temporal arteries should be performed before temporal-artery biopsy (TAB; the gold-standard diagnostic method) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), say ...
Neurology Advisor9d
Giant Cell Arteritis Phenotypes Show Different Patterns of Arterial Involvement
Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.