title: Giant cell arteritis in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To obtain information about the incidence of giant cell arteritis in Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of all temporal artery biopsies performed at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital from December 1982 to January 1998.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-two temporal artery biopsies were performed over this 15 year period, of which four were positive for giant cell arteritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of GCA in Saudi Arabia is probably less than in the United States and Western Europe.
authors: The Neuro-ophthalmology Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. tmbosley@compuserve.com
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Bosley
authors: F C
authors: FC
authors: Riley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology