Lehner R H, Kingham J D, Patten J T
Am Fam Physician. 1978 Feb;17(2):157-60.
Temporal (giant cell) arteritis is a disease of older persons that has a variety of clinical presentations. It is a major cause of blindness. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is almost always markedly elevated. Corticosteroidss in large doses are urgently required. The diagnosis is established by biopsy of an artery. In an 80-year-old women who sudddenly became blind, the signs had been masked by low doses of steroids given for a mistake diagnosis.
颞动脉炎（巨细胞动脉炎）是一种多见于老年人的疾病，有多种临床表现。它是导致失明的主要原因。红细胞沉降率几乎总是显著升高。急需大剂量使用皮质类固醇。通过动脉活检来确诊。在一位80岁突然失明的女性患者中，症状因误诊而给予的低剂量类固醇治疗而被掩盖。
