Examples of the structural changes found in the wall of temporal arteries and referred to as "healed" or quiescent arteritis: (A) Medial attenuation (arrow); (B) Adventitial fibrosis with neoangiogenesis (*); (C) Intimal hyperplasia (arrow); (D) Calcification; (E) Fragmentation of internal elastic lamina.
From: Muratore F, Cavazza A, Boiardi L, et al. Histopathologic findings of patients with biopsy-negative giant cell arteritis compared to those without arteritis: A population-based study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2016; 68:865.
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