| The significance of perivascular inflammation in the absence of arteritis in temporal artery biopsy specimens. | |
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PMID: 11242789 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We retrospectively compared 81 temporal artery biopsy specimens demonstrating perivascular inflammation without evidence of temporal arteritis and 76 specimens demonstrating no inflammation. Patients with perivascular inflammation included 43 women (mean age, 71.2 years). Nineteen patients met the 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. All patients demonstrated chronic perivascular inflammation consisting primarily of lymphocytes. Granulomas were noted in 4 specimens. Internal elastic lamina disruption, intimal fibroplasia, and dystrophic calcification were noted in 86 arteries examined. Fibrosis or scarring of the vessel walls was observed in 10 specimens. Corticosteroid therapy was beneficial to 33 of 56 patients. In patients with no evidence of inflammation (50 women; mean age, 66.6 years), 21 met ACR criteria for temporal arteritis. Histologically, disruption of the elastic lamina was noted in 75 of 81 arteries biopsied, intimal fibroplasia in 66, microcalcifications in 5, and fibrosis or scarring in 5. In this group, 47 patients received corticosteroid therapy; clinical improvement was noted in 28. Patients with chronic perivascular inflammation but no arteritis seem no more likely to have temporal arteritis on clinical grounds than similar patients without inflammation on biopsy. |
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Authors:
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G M Corcoran; R A Prayson; K M Herzog |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of clinical pathology Volume: 115 ISSN: 0002-9173 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Clin. Pathol. Publication Date: 2001 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-03-12 Completed Date: 2001-03-22 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370470 Medline TA: Am J Clin Pathol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 342-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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therapeutic use Adult Aged Arteritis / diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology* Biopsy* Calcinosis / pathology Elasticity Female Fibrosis Humans Hypertension / pathology Infection / pathology Inflammation / pathology* Ischemia / pathology Lymphocytes / pathology Male Necrosis Polymyalgia Rheumatica / pathology Retrospective Studies Temporal Arteries / pathology* Vascular Diseases / pathology |
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0/Adrenal Cortex Hormones |
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