Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of GCA and is desirable in all cases. Other tests being used as surrogate imaging are: ultrasonography, fluorodeoxyglucose PET (FDG-PET ...
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 ...