[Ophthalmodynamography and Doppler ultrasonography of orbital vessels in temporal arteritis].

Twenty-three patients presenting with clinical and angiological signs of temporal arteritis were examined by ODG and DUSG. While the results of ODG were positive in all 23 patients, DUSG failed to furnish diagnostic evidence of temporal arteritis. Findings with DUSG were positive in only 9 out of 23 patients.

[Doppler ultrasonography of orbital vessels in circulatory disorders of the eye].

During the past 5 years 412 patients (189 male, 223 female) presenting with vascular disorders were examined with Doppler ultrasonography (DUSG) of the orbital vessels. DUSG was used as a screening method for detecting additional lesions of the carotid system. The 412 patients were divided into 5 groups according to their clinical symptoms: Group I: amaurosis fugax; group II: occlusions of the central retinal artery; group III: venous circulatory disorders of the retina; group IV: AION and optic disk vasculitis; group V: symptoms of chronic ocular ischemia.