KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye.
Ultrasound and EULAR classification criteria have the potential to avoid the need for biopsy, thus reducing health care costs and delays in diagnosis, she said.
A group of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reviewed the medical records of all patients suspected to have giant cell arteritis (GCA) who underwent a temporal artery ultrasound or temporal artery biopsy between December 2012