Takayasu's arteritis

arteritis /ar·ter·i·tis/ (ahr″ter-i´tis) pl. arteri´tides   inflammation of an artery.

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aortic arch arteritis  Takayasu's a.

brachiocephalic arteritis , arteritis brachiocepha´lica Takayasu's a.

coronary arteritis  inflammation of the coronary arteries.

cranial arteritis  giant cell a.

giant cell arteritis  a chronic vascular disease of unknown origin, usually in the carotid arterial system, occurring in the elderly; it is characterized by severe headache, fever, and proliferative inflammation, often with giant cells and granulomas. Ocular involvement may cause blindness.

rheumatic arteritis  generalized inflammation of arterioles and arterial capillaries occurring in rheumatic fever.

Takayasu's arteritis  pulseless disease; progressive obliteration of the brachiocephalic trunk and left subclavian and left common carotid arteries, leading to loss of pulse in arms and carotids and to ischemia of brain, eyes, face, and arms.

temporal arteritis  giant cell a.

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Takayasu's arteritis

[tä′kəyä′so̅o̅z]

Etymology: Mikito Takayasu, Japanese surgeon, 1860-1938

an inflammation of the aorta, its major branches, and the pulmonary artery. It is characterized by progressive occlusion of the innominate, left subclavian and left common carotid arteries above their origin in the aortic arch. Signs of the disorder are absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries, transient paraplegia, transient blindness, and atrophy of facial muscles. Also called brachiocephalic arteritis, Martorell's syndrome, pulseless disease, reversed coarctation. See also aortic arch syndrome.

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Takayasu's arteritis

Pulseless disease Neurology Idiopathic segmental inflammation of the aorta and major branches, that affects young ♀, especially in Africa and Asia Lab ↑ ESR, ↑ Igs