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Freitag, Suzanne K. et al.: 2020 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery DOI: 10.1055/b-0039-173371
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44 Temporal Artery Biopsy

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Editors: Freitag, Suzanne K.; Lee, N. Grace; Lefebvre, Daniel R.; Yoon, Michael K.

Authors: Aakalu, Vinay K.; Armstrong, Blair K.; Barmettler, Anne; Barsegian, Arpine; Bergman, Mica Y; Bi, Wenya Linda; Bleier, Benjamin S.; Bonafede, Lucas; Callahan, Alison; Campbell, Ashley A.; Chambers, Christopher B.; Charlson, Emily; Chang, Shu-Hong (Holly); Choe, Christina H.; Choi, Catherine J.; Cohen, Liza M.; Dajani, Omar; DeParis, Sarah W.; Dunbar, Kristen E.; Dunn, Ian F.; Eftekhari, Kian; Elliott, Alexandra T.; Fu, Roxana; Giacometti, Joseph; Glass, Lora R. Dagi; Godfrey, Kyle J.; Gonzalez, Mithra O.; Grob, Seanna; Habib, Larissa H.; Homer, Natalie; Jalaj, Sanjai; Jiménez-Pérez, Juan C.; Lee, Bradford W.; Lelli, Gary J.; Liao, Shu Lang; Liu, Catherine Y.; Liu, Honglei; MacIntosh, Peter W.; Mahoney, Nicholas; Mantagos, Jason S.; Mehta, Sonul; Migliori, Michael E.; Mueller, Sarina K.; Nguyen, Tieu Vy; Oatts, Julius T.; Olvera-Morales, Osiris; Pham, Chau; Rok, Do Eon; Servat, Javier; Setabutr, Pete; Shah, Neil; Shinder, Roman; Siegal, Nora K.; Simmons, Brittany A.; Starks, Victoria; Tao, Jeremiah P.; Teo, Livia; Tovilla-Canales, José Luis; Tran, Ann Q.; Tseng, Michael; Weber, Adam; Winn, Bryan J.; Wladis, Edward J.; Wolkow, Natalie; Yadav, Prashant; Yen, Michael T.; Yuen, Hunter; Zhan, Senmiao; Zhang-Nunes, Sandy

Title: Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

Subtitle: Tricks of the Trade

Print ISBN: 9781626238978; Online ISBN: 9781626238985; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-006-163725

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Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart

Subjects: Ophthalmology, Optometry;Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery

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Juan C. Jiménez-Pérez

Summary

Temporal artery biopsy is a simple office procedure that can allow the physician to diagnose a life-threatening condition. Giant cell arteritis treatment should never be postponed waiting for the biopsy or its result. If the condition is suspected, oral steroid treatment should be initiated immediately. Biopsy can be safely done as long as anatomy is known and certain landmarks are avoided. This chapter reviews the knowledge needed to perform the procedure safely and with confidence.

Key words

temporal artery biopsy - giant cell arteritis - oral steroid