Klein 统计248例巨细胞动脉炎中侵及大动脉者达34例,均有症状和体征,包括上臂缺血性疼痛和无脉症。作者报道了6例因巨细胞动脉炎引起锁骨下一腋动脉闭塞的病人,其红细胞沉降率均增高,取颞动脉活检而确立此诊断。血管重建术的效果是令人失望的,类固醇治疗可迅速缓解症状。作者提出,凡老年 Klein statistics of 248 cases of giant cell arteritis invasion of the aorta in up to 34 patients, both symptoms and signs, including upper arm ischemic pain and no pulse. The authors reported 6 cases of patients with giant cell arteritis caused by subclavian axillary artery occlusion, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate were increased, take the temporal artery biopsy to establish this diagnosis. The effect of revascularization is disappointing, and steroid treatment can quickly relieve symptoms. The authors propose that where the elderly