Purpose To assess the use of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) in diagnosing giant cell arteritis
(GCA) and to evaluate patients' clinical and laboratory characteristics. Methods We …

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most prevalent subtype of vasculitis in adults. In recent years,
there has been substantial improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of GCA, mainly …

Objective To investigate the association between specimen length and number of sections
evaluated and the diagnostic yield of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) for giant cell arteritis …

Background In giant cell arteritis, temporal artery biopsies often show vasculitis with giant
cell formation, but optimal biopsy length for diagnosis is debated. We reviewed temporal …

Background Two clinical subsets of giant cell arteritis have been identified with different
histological and CT findings. However, PET/CT findings have not been compared with …

Background Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory disease of the large-and medium-sized
vessels. It is the most common primary vasculitis, with lifetime incidences of 0.5% and 1% in …

Background/aim: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis that may cause
significant morbidity in the elderly population. We aimed to evaluate presentation …

Objective Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) remains the standard criterion for the diagnosis of
giant cell arteritis (GCA). Temporal artery biopsy is suggested to be performed within 2 …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary
vasculitis, and permanent vision loss is its most feared complication. GCA is both a medical …

Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is one of the diagnostic tools to confirm the diagnosis of giant
cell arteritis (GCA). We aim to evaluate the clinical and technical determinants of a positive …