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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Pathologists often cannot, based on morphology alone, arrive at the definitive diagnosis. | *Pathologists often cannot, based on morphology alone, arrive at the definitive diagnosis. | ||
* | *The presentation & distribution are more characteristic than the pathology.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.ubc.ca/path425/PrincipleofPathophysiology/CirculatoryDisorders/SystemicVasculitisDrBWalker.doc http://www.pathology.ubc.ca/path425/PrincipleofPathophysiology/CirculatoryDisorders/SystemicVasculitisDrBWalker.doc]. Accessed on: 26 November 2010.</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.icapture.ubc.ca/who/who_bios_david_walker.shtml http://www.icapture.ubc.ca/who/who_bios_david_walker.shtml]. Accessed on: 26 November 2010.</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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#***Amorphous = no definite form.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/amorphous http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/amorphous]. Accessed on: 26 November 2010.</ref> | #***Amorphous = no definite form.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/amorphous http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/amorphous]. Accessed on: 26 November 2010.</ref> | ||
#**"Nuclear dust" = punctate hyperchromatic material ~ 1 micrometre. | #**"Nuclear dust" = punctate hyperchromatic material ~ 1 micrometre. | ||
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*Involvement is usually patchy. | |||
**If there is an inkling of vasculitis... it should prompt [[deeper cuts]]. | |||
==Giant cell arteritis== | ==Giant cell arteritis== | ||