Description

Patient Details

Age: 74 years

Sex: Female

Date of initial presentation: 8/10/1975

Clinical Diagnosis

? Temporal arteritis
Block cut away

29/10/1975

Microscopy

Sections show a medium size muscular artery in fibro-fatty tissue. The lumen is patent and the muscular walls show no evidence of inflammatory cell infiltration.

A small artery present in the specimen shows similar appearance.

Diagnosis

Normal temporal artery

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