Temporal artery biopsy for suspected giant cell arteritis: a retrospective analysis

Comparison of classification criteria for giant cell arteritis

“…Долгое время ключевое значение в диагностике ГКА отводилось биопсии височной артерии, хотя результаты этого исследования оказываются отрицательными у 15-40% таких пациентов [13][14][15], а при внечерепных фенотипах заболевания проведение биопсии височной артерии вообще не имеет смысла [16,17]. Главная особенность классификационных критериев ACR/EULAR 2022 г.…”

Perivascular adipose tissue in autoimmune rheumatic diseases

“…Temporal artery biopsy is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of GCA, [ 162 ] with pathognomonic features of transmural active inflammation with or without giant cells involving the media [ 163 , 164 ]. However, a more limited inflammation, restricted to the adventitial and/or periadventitial tissue, has been observed in a group of patients with GCA/PMR [ 165 , 166 ], though the clinical significance of this finding remains controversial [ 167 – 169 ]. Recently, a retrospective cohort study was performed to evaluate the characteristics and significance of inflammation limited to the adventitial and/or periadventitial tissue of temporal arteries.…”