Giant Cell Arteritis and Differential Diagnoses Associated With Positive Temporal Artery Biopsy

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Giant Cell Arteritis; Vasculitis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: temporal artery biopsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04554290

2020PI061

Details and patient eligibility

About

Temporal artery biopsy is a useful tool helping to the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. However, other diagnoses might be associated with abnormal temporal artery biopsy. The purpose of this study is to describe the frequency of giant cell arteritis differential diagnoses with positive temporal artery biopsy.

Enrollment: 114 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• positive artery biopsy between january 1st 2000 and july 25th 2019

Exclusion criteria

• orther vascular biopsy than temporal artery biospy

Trial design

114 participants in 1 patient group

positive temporal artery biopsy

Description:

all adult patients with significant inflammation shown on temporal artery biopsy

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: temporal artery biopsy