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Pathology definition - Takayasu Arteritis
Takayasu arteritis
Takayasu arteritis may present with signs and symptoms such as claudication,myalgia, neurological disturbance, fever arthralgias, nodules in the skin, weak pulses in the upper extremities, and night sweat as well as visual disturbance.
Takayasu arteritis is treated with corticosteroid. Takayasu arteritis commonly affecting young women. Asian particularly predispose to developing takayasu arteritis.
Takayasu arteritis commonly affecting medium and large arteries. There will be insufficiency of the vascular system due to the thickening of the aortic arch. Histopathological studies may reveal the present of giant cells, perivascular cuffing of vasa vasorum( mostly in the tunica media and tunica adventitia) as well as mononuclear infiltration.
There will be an elevation of ESR in case of takayasu arteritis.
References
1.Kerr, Gail S., Claire W. Hallahan, Joseph Giordano, Randi Y. Leavitt, Anthony S. Fauci, Menachem Rottem, and Gary S. Hoffman. “Takayasu Arteritis.” Annals of Internal Medicine 120, no. 11 (June 1, 1994): 919–929. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-120-11-199406010-00004.
2.Johnston, S. L., R. J. Lock, and M. M. Gompels. “Takayasu Arteritis: A Review.” Journal of Clinical Pathology 55, no. 7 (July 1, 2002): 481–486.
Takayasu arteritis may present with signs and symptoms such as claudication,myalgia, neurological disturbance, fever arthralgias, nodules in the skin, weak pulses in the upper extremities, and night sweat as well as visual disturbance.
Takayasu arteritis is treated with corticosteroid. Takayasu arteritis commonly affecting young women. Asian particularly predispose to developing takayasu arteritis.
Takayasu arteritis commonly affecting medium and large arteries. There will be insufficiency of the vascular system due to the thickening of the aortic arch. Histopathological studies may reveal the present of giant cells, perivascular cuffing of vasa vasorum( mostly in the tunica media and tunica adventitia) as well as mononuclear infiltration.
There will be an elevation of ESR in case of takayasu arteritis.
References
1.Kerr, Gail S., Claire W. Hallahan, Joseph Giordano, Randi Y. Leavitt, Anthony S. Fauci, Menachem Rottem, and Gary S. Hoffman. “Takayasu Arteritis.” Annals of Internal Medicine 120, no. 11 (June 1, 1994): 919–929. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-120-11-199406010-00004.
2.Johnston, S. L., R. J. Lock, and M. M. Gompels. “Takayasu Arteritis: A Review.” Journal of Clinical Pathology 55, no. 7 (July 1, 2002): 481–486.