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 Left Temporal Artery, Biopsy:
-      - Temporal arteritis (medium size artery with lymphohistocytic inflammation,
+      - Consistent with temporal arteritis (medium size artery with
-       arterial wall thickening, and elastic fibre fragmentation).
+       lymphohistocytic inflammation, arterial wall thickening, and
+       elastic fibre fragmentation).
 Comment:
-The biopsy is suggestive of temporal arteritis. Giant cells are not seen.
+Giant cells are not seen. The findings should be correlated with the clinical impression.
-The findings should be correlated with the clinical impression.
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