Takayasu's arteritis

Takayasu's arteritis
Ta·ka·ya·su's arteritis .tä-kə-'yä-süz- n a chronic inflammatory disease esp. of the aorta and its major branches (as the brachiocephalic artery and left common carotid artery) that results in progressive stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysm formation and is marked esp. by diminution or loss of the pulse (as in the arm) and by ischemic symptoms (as pain or weakness of the extremities, fainting, visual disturbances, or renovascular hypertension) called also pulseless disease, Takayasu's disease
Ta·ka·ya·su tä-kä-yä-sü Michishige (1872-1938)
Japanese physician.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Takayasu's arteritis — noun disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries • Syn: ↑pulseless disease • Hypernyms: ↑arteritis …   Useful english dictionary

  • Takayasu's arteritis — noun An inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women. Syn: aortic arch syndrome, pulseless disease …   Wiktionary

  • Takayasu Mikito — (jap. 高安 右人; * Juli 1859[1] oder 1860[2] oder 4. September 1860 (traditionell Man’en 1/7/19 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Takayasu-Arteriitis — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M31.4 Aortenbogen Syndrom (Takayasu Syndrom) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Arteritis — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Arteritis ICD10 = ICD10|I|77|6|i|70, ICD10|M|31| |m|30 ICD9 = ICD9|447.6 | Caption = DiseasesDB = 13750 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D001167 Arteritis (not to be confused… …   Wikipedia

  • arteritis de Takayasu — Eng. Takayasu s arteritis Arteriopatía inflamatoria idiopática que afecta a vasos de gran calibre, principalmente aorta y sus ramas, y que se manifiesta como disminución o ausencia de pulsos periféricos, hipotensión ortostática, atrofia facial,… …   Diccionario de oftalmología

  • arteritis — noun inflammation of an artery • Hypernyms: ↑inflammation, ↑redness, ↑rubor • Hyponyms: ↑periarteritis, ↑polyarteritis, ↑Takayasu s arteritis, ↑pulseless disease, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • arteritis de Takayasu — f. angiol. Inflamación grave del arco aórtico que se caracteriza por la alteración del pulso. Suele ir acompañado de fiebre, cefaleas, dolores en las articulaciones, claudicación de extremidades, disnea, etc. Para su diagnóstico es necesario… …   Diccionario médico

  • arteritis — f. angiol. Toda enfermedad inflamatoria y degenerativa que afecta a las arterias. Medical Dictionary. 2011. arteritis inflamación …   Diccionario médico

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