A 50-year-old woman reporting sudden-onset chest pain was diagnosed as having pulmonary infarction associated with Takayasus arteritis. She had experienced moderate malaise and cough for 3 months. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed wedge-shaped infiltrative shadows typical of pulmonary infarction in the right lung. Although pulmonary artery involvement in Takay...

Received: Nov 25, 2013 Accepted: Dec 03, 2013 Ann Paediatr Rheum 2013;2:134-146 DOI: 10.5455/apr.120320130832 Introduction Takayasus Arteritis (TA) is a large vessel granulomatous vasculitis affecting the Aorta and its main branches. This disease has remained enigmatic since its ocular signs were first described in a young woman, by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu in 1908 [though it ha...

The Confused Terminology and Changing Concept of Takayasu's Arteritis In 1908 the Japanese opihthalmologist, Takayasu, reported an unusual wreath-like vascular anastomosis surrounding the optic discs of a young female patient who was nearly iblind, biut who showed 'no general physical changes'. He was unalble to explain this abnormality. Laiter a colleague, Onishi, referred to a similar case wh...

Takayasu’s areritis is a chronic inflammatory oblitarative arteritis of unknown aetiology. Anaesthesia in these patients is complicated by uncontrolled hypertension, hypoperfusion of organs and difficulty in BP monitoring due to stenosis and aneurismal dilatation of arteries. This case report is about successful management of a 27 yrs old primigragida with known case of Takayasu’s arteritis, Se...