Abstracts tagged "temporal arteritis and biopsy"

Abstract Number: 2648 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association Between Specimen Length and Number of Sections and Diagnostic Yield of Temporal Artery Biopsy: A Retrospective, Single Center Experience over a 21 Years’ Period
Francesco Muratore¹, Luigi Boiardi ², Alberto Cavazza ³, Giacomo Tiengo ⁴, Raffaella Aldigeri ⁵, Luca Cimino ⁶ and Carlo Salvarani ⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita’ Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Pathology Unit, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁵Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁶Ophthalmology Unit, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To investigate the association between specimen length and number of sections and the diagnostic yield of temporal artery biopsy (TAB) for giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 2652 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison Between Transmural and Isolated Periadventitial And/or Adventitial Inflammation at Temporal Artery Biopsy: A Single Center Cohort of Biopsy-Positive GCA with Long Term Follow-up
Elena Galli¹, Francesco Muratore ², Luigi Boiardi ³, Alberto Cavazza ⁴, Giovanna Restuccia ², Luca Cimino ⁵ and Carlo Salvarani ⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita’ Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Pathology Unit, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Ophthalmology Unit, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) showing transmural inflammation is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). In some cases, inflammation…
Abstract Number: 2661 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Ten-Year Retrospective Review of Temporal Artery Biopsy Lengths in Alberta
Raymond Chu¹, Caylea Foster ², Mohsin Ali ³, Todd Chaba ¹, Jason Soo ¹, Alison Clifford ¹, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert ¹ and Elaine Yacyshyn ¹, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ³Harvard, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Temporal arteritis or giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis that involves extracranial arteries. The historical gold standard for diagnosis is a…

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