顳动脉炎(arteriitistemporaIis)在本国眼科文献中仅TPOH氏著的視路疾病(1955)一書里有簡短的叙述。外国文献,近廿年来已有不少数量的病例的記載。 顳动脉炎的名称表征出一种固定的血管性病的症后群,是顳动脉閉塞性炎症的特殊类型,1932年由Horton,Magath和Broun諸氏划做一独立的疾病。它見于老年人,特征为剧烈头痛,晚間加重;顳动脉有压痛,硬实,搏动减弱或全无搏动;伴以体溫升高和严重的視力障碍。 Temporary arteritis (arteriitistemporaIis) in the national ophthalmology literature only TPOH scholar’s disease (1955) a book there is a brief description. Foreign literature, the past 20 years has been a number of cases of record. The name of temporal arteritis characterizes a posterior group of fixed vascular disease that is a specific type of occlusive inflammation of the temporal arteries and was authored in 1932 by Horton, Magath and Broun. It is seen in the elderly, characterized by severe headache, increased at night; temporal artery tenderness, hard, pulsatile or no beats; accompanied by elevated body temperature and severe visual impairment.