本病于1890年由Hutchinson首先描述,1932年Horton命名为颞动脉炎,虽然这个名称与其病变的广泛性不相称,但仍然用至今。以后文献中建议采用的名称有:颅动脉炎、急性老年性动脉炎或老年性动脉炎、播散性全动脉炎、肉芽肿病性巨细胞动脉炎或巨细胞性动脉炎等。这种炎性的血管病是 The disease was first described by Hutchinson in 1890, and in 1932 Horton was named temporal arteritis. Although the name is not commensurate with the extent of its disease, it is still used today. Proposed later references in the literature are: cranial arteritis, acute senile arteritis or senile arteritis, disseminated arteritis, granulomatous giant cell arteritis or giant cell arteritis and so on. This inflammatory vascular disease is