Temporal arteritis laboratory findings

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Overview

Laboratory Findings

Electrolyte and Biomarker Studies

Sedimentation rate is very high in most of the patients, but may be normal in approximately 20% of cases.

Biopsy

The gold standard for diagnosing temporal arteritis is biopsy, which involves removing of a small part of the vessel and examining it microscopically for giant cells infiltrating the tissue. Since the blood vessels are involved in a patchy pattern, there may be unaffected areas on the vessel and the biopsy might have been taken from these parts. So, a negative result does not definitely rule out the diagnosis.

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