Abstract
arteritis could be briefly defined as an inflammatory process occurring almost exclusively in females in the reproductive age and most commonly involving the great vessels arising from the aortic arch resulting in stenosis and eventually in obliteration or thrombosis. It has been given various names, such as pulseless disease, aortic arch syndrome, branchial chronic subclaviocarotid syndrome, syndrome of obliteration of the supra-aortic branches, brachiocephalic young female and reversed coarctation. Judge et al 1 have discussed the different nomenclatures and preferred the term Takayasu's arteritis, which we will follow in the present report. It has been said recently 1 that the etiology of this disorder remains as obscure today as when Savory first described it in 1856. 2 In a few early cases from Japan, tuberculous infection was incriminated, because a positive tuberculin test was present in all of the cases. 3 Harbitz 4 suspected a streptococcal
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
