temporal arteritistemporal artery biopsyTemporal arteritis is the most common form of systemic vasculitis affecting elderly persons. The disease is considered a medical emergency, with potentially severe ophthalmic complications such as rapidly progressive irreversible visual loss. A prompt diagnosis and an ...
Lee AG. Efficacy of unilateral versus bilateral temporal artery biopsies for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2000 Jan; 129 (1):118–119.Boyev LR, Miller NT, Green WR. Efficacy of unilateral versus bilateral temporal artery biopsies for the diagnosis of giant cell ...
Given fever and temporal "pain out of proportion" to exam, she had undergone surgical incision of the TMJs and temporal artery biopsy to exclude septic arthritis and giant cell arteritis, respectively.doi:10.1002/art.41279Maximilian F Konig
Some of the authors used: a Doppler ultrasonography of the cervical vessels [11,23], visually evoked potentials [19], a lumbar puncture [21,23], a biopsy of the temporal artery to exclude a rheumatic AION as a differential diagnosis [23], or an investigation concerning a microbiological ...
Ruptured Basilar Tip Aneurysm in a Patient with Bilateral Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion Successfully Treated with Bilateral Superficial Temporal Artery... Ruptured Basilar Tip Aneurysm in a Patient with Bilateral Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion Successfully Treated with Bilateral Superficial Temporal ...
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The patient was a 49-year-old woman who presented to our outpatient vascular lab with pulsating masses noted over bilateral temporal regions. Duplex ultrasound revealed a 2.3 mm right and 4.5 mm left temporal artery aneurysm. The aneurysms were subsequently resected and the patient recovered without...
The results of this study indicate that performing a bilateral simultaneous or sequential temporal artery biopsy improves the diagnostic yield in at least 3% of cases of giant cell arteritis, whereas in 97% of cases, the two specimens show the same findings. Thus, in patients in whom only one...
Should I do a bilateral or unilateral temporal artery biopsy in suspected giant cell arteritis?NeurologyOphthalmologyOrbitalNeuronA 60-year-old man with a past medical history positive for hypertension and hyperlipidemia was referred to the ophthalmology clinic for acute, bilateral visual loss. Two days...
The efficacy of selective unilateral temporal artery biopsy versus bilateral biopsies for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. J Rheumatol. 1988;15:997–1000.Ponge T, Barrier JH, Grolleau J-Y, Ponge A, Vlasak A-M, Cottin S (1988) The efficacy of selective unilateral temporal artery bi...