Temporal Artery Ultrasound in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis

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Identifier 20180306_nanos_posters_248
Title Temporal Artery Ultrasound in Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis
Creator Suellen Li, John Pula
Subject Neuro-ophth & systyemic disease ( eg. MS, MG, thyroid), Vascular disorders
Description Patients frequently present to a neuro-ophthalmologist for suspected giant cell arteritis. The gold-standard for diagnosis is considered to be a temporal artery biopsy, although this procedure is invasive and it has variable sensitivity. We report here our experience with temporal artery ultrasound, particularly those cases where both an ultrasound and biopsy were performed concomitantly.
Date 2018-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Source 2018 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2018: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2018. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6672djp
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Suellen Li
Contributor Secondary John Pula
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1310581
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6672djp
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