Temporal arteritis associated with normal sedimentation rate.
Temporal arteritis associated with normal sedimentation rate.
复制标题
颞动脉炎与正常沉降率相关。
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
1982
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
J. Toole
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
J. Biller;J. Asconapé;M. Weinblatt;J. Toole
TEMPORAL arteritis confronts the clinician with many problems, the most important of which is to make an early diagnosis. In a society whose average age is increasing, temporal arteritis probably will become increasingly frequent. It behooves us also to remember that the occult form of temporal arteritis might be more common than the classic variety. 1 The purpose of this report is to emphasize once again the importance of early recognition and prompt treatment 2 and to caution the clinician that patients younger than 50 years can have this entity. Report of a Case A 48-year-old man had recurrent amaurosis fugax of the right eye develop over a two-week period. Ten weeks before examination, central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) of the left eye developed without evidence of retinal embolism. Massage to the globe and acetazolamide (Diamox) failed to achieve any degree of visual recovery, and he remained with visual acuity limited to
