Takayasu arteritis (TA), which is a nonspecific inflammatory disease of unknown origin, causes various types of aortoarterial stenosis/occlusion or dilatation (Figure). Historically, Mikito Takayasu, a Japanese ophthalmologist, described a peculiar wreathlike arteriovenous anastomosis around the papillae of the retina (Takayasu disease) in 1908.1 In the first necropsy case reported in 1940, thi...

BACKGROUND The clinical features of newly diagnosed Japanese patients with Takayasu arteritis and its age or sex specificities are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed information from nationwide registration forms submitted by patients with Takayasu arteritis between April 2001 and March 2011 as part of a research program by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Among the 7...

BACKGROUND Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its primary branches. As the disease progresses, the active inflammation of large vessels leads to dilation, narrowing and occlusion of the arteries. Arterial dissection is due to separation of the layers of the arterial wall resulting in a false lumen, where blood seeps into the vessel wall. Neurol...

Small-vessel arteritis is associated with hypertension because the commonest varieties, granulomatous vasculitis with polyangitis and microscopic polyangitis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies, usually cause necrotizing glomerular disease. Medium vessel vasculitis, such as polyarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease, are less regularly associated with hypertension. Large-vessel vascul...

Takayasu Arteritis is a chronic vasculitis, mainly involving the aorta and its main branches, as well as the coronary and pulmonary Arteritis to cause stenosis, and/or obstruction due to thrombusformation or aneurysmalformation and/or rupture of the involved arteries (1, 2) (Fig. 1). The first description of this morbid condition was reported in 1830 by Yamamoto in Japan (3). However, the first...

RATIONALE The initial symptoms and signs of Takayasu arteritis vary due to the heterogeneity of affected vessels. Moreover, the vascular lesions are difficult to detect at initial presentation, making diagnosis even more challenging. Although cases of aortic dissection with arteritis history have been reported, Takayasu arteritis in men with aortic dissection as initial presentation is very rar...

Takayasu aortitis is a chronic inflammatory vasculitis characterised by stenosis or obliteration of large and medium sized arteries. Although coronary arteries are affected in approximately 10% of cases, most of the lesions are luminal narrowing, and coronary aneurysm formation is extremely rare. A case is described of giant aneurysm of the left main coronary artery complicated with Takayasu ao...

Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis of the young women with giant cells and granuloma formation. The diagnosis and management of the disease are really not so easy because of the insidious onset and the difficulties in assessment of disease activity. Nearly 60% of the patients are corticosteroid resistant or dependent and relapses are very frequent during taper of the dose [1]. The ...

Takayasu arteritis is a systemic vasulitis of large vessels that mainly involves the aorta and its branches. It normally presents in third decade of life and has rarely been reported in children under 10 years of age. We report here a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 5 years old girl who presented with headache, generalized body swelling, severe hypertension, proteinuria and minimal functioning ...