[Blindness in temporal arteritis despite prednisolone treatment].

Giant cell arteritis occurs most commonly in elderly individuals. The lesion is usually restricted to major arteries. Other arteries can be involved e.g. posterior ciliar artery, which is an important complication, because of the risk of blindness. It is commonly accepted, that blindness will not occur after corticosteroid has been initiated. In this article however, a patient is described who became blind on both eyes in spite of initially moderate doses of corticosteroid.