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Left Temporal Artery, Biopsy: | Left Temporal Artery, Biopsy: | ||
- Medium size artery with | - Medium size artery with minimal lymphohistocytic inflammation | ||
without definite giant cells or arterial wall thickening, see comment. | |||
Comment: | |||
The biopsy is suggestive of temporal arteritis that is either (1) poorly developed from a histomorphological perspective or (2) under-appreciated due to sampling. | |||
The findings should be correlated with the clinical impression. The | The findings should be correlated with the clinical impression. The | ||
management should be dependent upon the clinical impression. | management should be dependent upon the clinical impression. | ||