Obliterating brachiocephalic arteritis (Takayashi's pulseless disease)
Kazan medical journal ›› 1958, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3) : 110 -110.
Obliterating brachiocephalic arteritis (Takayashi's pulseless disease)
The disease often affects young women. The etiology is not clear. The main manifestations of the disease are symptoms of ischemia of the brain, eyes, hands, carotid sinus hypersensitivity syndrome and symptoms indicating the development of collateral circulation. The disease is based on progressive chronic arteritis of the anonymous, subclavian and carotid arteries. The iliac arteries can also be affected. Microscopic examination reveals the inflammatory process of all layers of the vessel wall, resembling changes. occurring in nodose periarteritis and temporal arteritis.
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