Classic Pathology Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis

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Identifier Classic_Pathology_Findings_in_GCA
Title Classic Pathology Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis
Creator Andre Aung, MD; Corrina Azarcon, MD; Wael A. Alsakran, MD; Valérie Biousse, MD
Affiliation (AA) Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; (CA) Ocular Oncology and Pathology Fellow; (WAA) Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow; (VB) Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Subject Giant Cell Arteritis; Temporal Artery Biopsy; Pathology
Description An 80-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 10 day history of headaches, intermittent binocular diplopia, and jaw pain. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Pathology findings were classic for giant cell arteritis with numerous inflammatory cells in the tunica media and tunica intima and with loss of the internal elastic lamina.
Date 2022
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: The Emory Eye Center Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/eec/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6pa8d22
Setname ehsl_novel_eec
ID 1765862
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pa8d22
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