Classic Pathology Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis

Andre Aung, MD, Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow, Corrina Azarcon, MD, Ocular Oncology and Pathology Fellow, Wael A. Alsakran, MD, Neuro-ophthalmology Fellow, Valérie Biousse, MD, Reunette Harris Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

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January 2022

Publisher

Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah

Abstract

An 80-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 10 day history of headaches, intermittent binocular diplopia, and jaw pain. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Pathology findings were classic for giant cell arteritis with numerous inflammatory cells in the tunica media and tunica intima and with loss of the internal elastic lamina.EECgiantcellarteritis; kbdsysdisgiantcellarteritistemporalarteriti

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