What Is Temporal Arteritis?
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
8. How Is Temporal Arteritis Diagnosed?
When it comes to diagnosing temporal arteritis, patient history is important. Your doctor will review and consider various aspects of your health history and perform a physical examination. If your pulse is weak during the examination, your doctor may order blood tests. These could include a C-reactive protein test and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate test. Your doctor will also likely measure your hemoglobin level to test for anemia.
If your doctor suspects that you have temporal arteritis, he or she may order a small biopsy of the affected artery. Other tests that are sometimes ordered to diagnose temporal arteritis include a positron emission tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging and an ultrasound.
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