Patients from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are more likely to undergo temporal artery biopsy (TAB) but are not at increased risk for biopsy-confirmed giant cell arteritis (GCA), ...

Objective: To investigate the relation between temporal artery biopsy (TAB) length and diagnostic sensitivity for giant cell arteritis. Methods: Histological TAB reports generated from four hospital ...

Aim: To establish the histological and immunohistochemical parameters that are helpful in recognising temporal arteritis in patients who have been treated with steroids before biopsy, and to analyse ...

5. Positive temporal artery biopsy Biopsy specimen with the artery showing vasculitis characterized by prominence of mononuclear cell infiltration or granulocyte inflammation, often with ...

The diagnosis should be confirmed at further follow-up. Any atypical features or response to steroids should prompt the consideration of alternative pathology and specialist referral.

A common medication already used for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis is effective for patients with giant cell arteritis, according to findings from a Phase 3 clinical trial.

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The biopsied temporal artery displayed the classic histologic changes of giant-cell arteritis, including the presence of giant cells and fragmentation of the internal elastic lamina.

Headache after head injury: Needs urgent evaluation. Headache with vision loss: Could indicate temporal arteritis. Strokes: May present as headaches with weakness in hands, legs, or face.

Pathology articles from across Nature Portfolio Pathology is the precise study of the causes and consequences of a disease. The two major components of pathology are anatomical studies of ...

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