| Title |
Concordance of Bilateral Temporal Artery Biopsy in Giant Cell Arteritis |
| Creator |
Pless, M; Rizzo, JF; Lamkin, JC; Lessell, S |
| Affiliation |
The Eye and Ear Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15221, USA. |
| Abstract |
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the diagnostic sensitivity of bilateral temporal artery biopsy is superior to that of unilateral biopsy in cases of suspected temporal arteritis. MATERIALS AND METHODs: A retrospective analysis of the results of 60 bilateral temporal artery biopsies examined in an ophthalmic pathology laboratory. RESULTS: The histopathologic diagnosis in 13% of the biopsy pairs was discordant. There was a 5% chance of obtaining a positive biopsy result on the side opposite an initially negative biopsy result. CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral temporal artery biopsy is 5% more likely than unilateral biopsy to detect the characteristic histopathologic findings in patients with temporal arteritis. |
| Subject |
Older people; Biopsy; Female; Functional Laterality; Giant Cell Arteritis/diagnosis; Humans; Male; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Temporal Arteries/pathology |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
225073 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r52wtb/225073 |
