Abstract

RODRIGUEZ LORENZO, A.; ALVAREZ JORGE, A.  and  MARTELO VILLAR, F.. Temporal artery biopsy: review of indications and surgical technique for plastic surgeons. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.2, pp.117-122. ISSN 1989-2055.

Giant cell arteritis is a vasculitis that presents serious complications if it is not diagnosed and treated prematurely with corticosteroids to high dose. The temporal artery biopsy is the gold estandar technique of diagnosis used to confirm the disease. It is a simple technique with little morbidity. Nevertheless, currently there is a controversy on its indication in patients with clinical suspicion of arteritis without craneal symptoms because of the downward rate of positiveness of the biopsy. We present in this work a serie of 28 patients in which 30 biopsies were carried out with the objective to review the indications and to describe the surgical technique utilized.

Keywords : artery biopsy; Giant cell arteritis; Temporal arteritis.

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