| Title |
Specimen Length in Temporal Artery Biopsies |
| Creator |
Chambers, Wiley A; Bernardino, Vitaliano B |
| Affiliation |
Departments of Computer Medicine and Ophthalmology (W.A.C.), George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., and the Department of Eye Pathology (V.B.B.), Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Abstract |
The pathology files of 319 consecutive temporal artery biopsies performed at the Wills Eye Hospital during an ll-year period were reviewed. Fifty-three (17%) of the biopsies were shown to have histological evidence of arteritis. Histopathologic disease was found predominately in women and only in individuals over the age of 60 years. There was no correlation between the length of the biopsy specimen and histological finding in all specimens 4 mm or longer. Sampling probability provided a method of calculating the likelihood of detecting small lesions. With proper sampling techniques, the likelihood of not detecting arteritis due to ""skip lesions"" in a specimen may be set under 1%. |
| Subject |
Histopathologic disease; Sampling probability; Skip lesions; Specimen length; Temporal arteritis; Temporal artery biopsy |
| 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 |
227002 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr838g/227002 |
