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Do you generally pursue a temporal artery biopsy in a patient who has a halo sign on ultrasound but has an atypical clinical presentation of GCA with normal inflammatory markers in the setting of persistent temporal headache?

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Rheumatology · Massachusetts General Hospital
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This is an important question, and the answer would depend significantly on the details of the presentation. In general, with a highly atypical presentation such as this with normal inflammatory markers AND atypical symptoms, I would pursue TA biopsy and consider large vessel imaging if negative. Wh...

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