Response to: 'The role of temporal artery biopsy in patients with giant cell arteritis is debated' by Moiseev et al

Christian Dejaco^{1

2}, Sofia Ramiro³, Christina Duftner⁴, Wolfgang A Schmidt⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine VI, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁵ Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Comment

Christian Dejaco et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;78(4):e32.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213284. Epub 2018 Mar 13.

Christian Dejaco^{1

2}, Sofia Ramiro³, Christina Duftner⁴, Wolfgang A Schmidt⁵

¹ Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine VI, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁵ Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: giant cell arteritis; magnetic resonance imaging; systemic vasculitis; ultrasonography.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice.
Dejaco C, Ramiro S, Duftner C, Besson FL, Bley TA, Blockmans D, Brouwer E, Cimmino MA, Clark E, Dasgupta B, Diamantopoulos AP, Direskeneli H, Iagnocco A, Klink T, Neill L, Ponte C, Salvarani C, Slart RHJA, Whitlock M, Schmidt WA. Dejaco C, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 May;77(5):636-643. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212649. Epub 2018 Jan 22. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018. PMID: 29358285
The role of temporal artery biopsy in patients with giant-cell arteritis is debated.
Moiseev SV, Smitienko I, Bulanov N, Novikov PI. Moiseev SV, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Apr;78(4):e31. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213282. Epub 2018 Mar 2. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. PMID: 29500165 No abstract available.