Clinical usefulness of temporal artery biopsy.

Clinical usefulness of temporal artery biopsy.

To assess the diagnostic usefulness of temporal artery biopsy in temporal arteritis (TA) and establish clinical features capable of predicting its positivity we have retrospectively studied the biopsy specimens and the clinical features of 103 patients who had undergone temporal artery biopsy. Temporal artery biopsy reached a positive predictive value of 90.2% with respect to the final diagnosi...

Brow ptosis after temporal artery biopsy.

Intravascular lymphoma: usefulness of liver biopsy in the clinical setting.

A 74-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of a high-grade fever (38.6°C) and general fatigue. A physical examination showed hepatosplenomegaly and leg edema, but no sign of lymphadenopathy, skin lesions, or neurological abnormalities were detected. A laboratory study revealed a white blood cell count of 2,400/mm (not lymphocytosis) and elevated tumor markers for lymphoma (soluble...

Clinical and biopsy findings in temporal arteritis.

Hutchinson (1890) described a man aged 80 years who was prevented from wearing his hat by painful, inflamed temporal arteries. Horton, Magath, and Brown (1932) described two more patients and called the syndrome temporal arteritis. Originally thought to be a localized, self-limiting, and benign disorder, inflammation of the temporal arteries is often part of a widespread arteritis (Cooke, Cloak...

Facial nerve injury: a complication of superficial temporal artery biopsy.

PURPOSE To describe 4 patients who sustained facial nerve injury during temporal artery biopsy. DESIGN Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS The medical records were reviewed of 4 patients (2 men, 2 women; mean age 72.8 years, range 60 to 87), referred for evaluation of palsy of the frontal branch of the facial nerve following temporal artery biopsy. Main outcomes measured were ...