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 ==Microscopic==
-Features:
+Features - as per Le ''et al.'':<ref name=pmid25457237/>
-*Artery with intramural inflammatory cells.
+*Artery with intimal thickening.
-**Classically [[granuloma|granulomatous inflammation]].
+*Transmural inflammatory cells.
-***Granulomas not required for the diagnosis!
+*Giant cells.
-*Destruction of arterial wall, e.g. fibrinoid necrosis (pink anucleate arterial wall).
+Notes:
+*Inflammation classically [[granuloma|granulomatous]].
+**Granulomas not required for the diagnosis!
+*Often accompanied by frank destruction of the arterial wall, e.g. fibrinoid necrosis (pink anucleate arterial wall).
 ===Images===