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A member asked:
Can you get temporal arteritis from accidentally poking myself in temple with my knuckle? leant on my hand it slipped and knuckle got me in temple?
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Not likely: Temporal arteritis is not induced by trauma. You sustained a contusion, but I doubt any arterial injury occurred.
Answered 12/31/2015
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