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41. Arteritis temporalis: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Temporal arteritis disruption of the IEM.png|thumb|Close-up of the upper right section. The dark irregular purplish lining shows the disruption of the internal elastic lamina.]]'''Theory''':[[File:Temporal arteritis IEM.png|thumb|Also from the upper right section.]]Giant cell arteritis, or temporal arteritis (when it affects the temporal artery) is a granulomatous inflammation that affects large arteries. Characteristic for the disease is that only certain parts of the affected artery show the histological signs of inflammation. If a preparation was taken from one of these parts could a false negative diagnosis be made. | [[File:Temporal arteritis disruption of the IEM.png|thumb|Close-up of the upper right section. The dark irregular purplish lining shows the disruption of the internal elastic lamina.|280x280px]]'''Theory''':[[File:Temporal arteritis IEM.png|thumb|Also from the upper right section.|282x282px]]Giant cell arteritis, or temporal arteritis (when it affects the temporal artery) is a granulomatous inflammation that affects large arteries. Characteristic for the disease is that only certain parts of the affected artery show the histological signs of inflammation. If a preparation was taken from one of these parts could a false negative diagnosis be made. | ||
Optimally should a longitudinal section of the artery be examined, or multiple cross-sections (which could be why we have three sections here).[[File:Temporal arteritis giant cells.png|thumb|From the upper right section. The cells with small cytoplasm and dark nuclei are lymphocytes and plasma cells|none]] | Optimally should a longitudinal section of the artery be examined, or multiple cross-sections (which could be why we have three sections here).[[File:Temporal arteritis giant cells.png|thumb|From the upper right section. The cells with small cytoplasm and dark nuclei are lymphocytes and plasma cells|none]] | ||