Hayreh Sohan Singh
University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa, California, USA.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Feb;69(2):227-235. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1681_20.
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most important medical emergency in ophthalmology, because its most dreaded complication is visual loss, which is preventable if these patients are diagnosed early and treated immediately and aggressively. This is a brief review of GCA, its ophthalmic manifestations, and how to diagnose and manage them.
巨细胞动脉炎(GCA)是眼科最重要的内科急症,因为其最可怕的并发症是视力丧失。如果这些患者能早期诊断并立即积极治疗,视力丧失是可以预防的。本文简要综述了GCA、其眼部表现以及如何对其进行诊断和处理。