[HTML][HTML] Clinical and pathological evolution of giant cell arteritis: a prospective study of follow-up temporal artery biopsies in 40 treated patients
JJ Maleszewski, BR Younge, JT Fritzlen, GG Hunder… - Modern Pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Although clinical signs and symptoms of giant cell arteritis improve promptly after starting
glucocorticoid therapy, reports have suggested that the vascular inflammation may persist.
To assess the duration and quality of histopathologic changes in treated patients, we
prospectively obtained second temporal artery biopsies in patients treated for 3 to 12 months
after their first diagnostic biopsy. Forty patients (28 women, 12 men, median age 77 years)
agreed to have a second temporal artery biopsy randomly assigned to 3, 6, 9, or 12 months …
glucocorticoid therapy, reports have suggested that the vascular inflammation may persist.
To assess the duration and quality of histopathologic changes in treated patients, we
prospectively obtained second temporal artery biopsies in patients treated for 3 to 12 months
after their first diagnostic biopsy. Forty patients (28 women, 12 men, median age 77 years)
agreed to have a second temporal artery biopsy randomly assigned to 3, 6, 9, or 12 months …