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1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse
55, Freiburg, BW 79106, Germany.
2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology-Medical Physics, University of Freiburg,
Freiburg, Germany.
3 Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Univesity of Freiburg,
Freiburg, Germany.
4 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
OBJECTIVE. This study investigated the hypothesis that high-resolution MRI can reveal mural inflammatory changes of the superficial temporal artery in giant cell arteritis (GCA).
SUBJECTS AND METHODS. MRI of the temporal artery of 20 patients with suspected GCA was performed on a 1.5-T scanner using a dedicated eight-element phased-array head coil. Contrast-enhanced multislice T1-weighted spin-echo sequences were acquired perpendicular to the orientation of the vessel, with a submillimeter spatial resolution of 0.2 x 0.3 mm and a slice thickness of 3 mm. Mural thickness and lumen diameter of the temporal artery were measured, and mural contrast enhancement was graded on a four-point scale by two radiologists. For all patients, the MRI results were compared with the findings of clinical examination and laboratory tests. In addition, biopsy samples of the temporal artery were taken from 16 of these patients.
RESULTS. MRI sharply demonstrated the superficial temporal artery, allowing an evaluation of its lumen and wall. Seventeen patients were GCA-positive according to criteria of the American College of Rheumatology. Of these 17, 16 had true-positive MRI findings and one had false-negative MRI findings. The 3 patients who were GCA-negative according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria had true-negative MRI findings. The mean thickness of the vessel wall and the lumen diameter were 0.88 ± 0.23 mm and 0.78 ± 0.29 mm, respectively, in GCA-positive patients and 0.57 ± 0.25 mm and 0.7 ± 0.1 mm, respectively, in GCA-negative patients.
CONCLUSION. High-resolution contrast-enhanced MRI of the temporal artery allowed visualization of the temporal artery and evaluation of possible inflammation of the vessel wall. Our initial results with this noninvasive technique agreed well with histologic results and with the clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology.
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