Primäre Angiitis des Zentralnervensystems

Thrombo angiitis obliterans

Frosted Branch Angiitis

This entity usually affects young patients; in Japan the disease tends to affect children (range: 616 years old) with higher frequency, while in the other countries where this disorder has been described, the affected population is older, ranging from 23 to 29 years old .Slighthly more males have been reported than females (52% versus 48%). This condition is typically bilateral, but unilateral ...

Thrombo-Angiitis Obliterans

In 1936 I published a report of a case of thrombo-angiitis obliterans which had reacted favourably to the operation of peri-arterial sympathectomy. The cure has been maintained so far and might be considered satisfactory. This case proves the utility of the operation in certain milder types of the disease. More recently I saw a patient in an advanced stage of the disease where the radical opera...

Churg-Strauss angiitis.

Churg-Strauss angiitis or syndrome (CSA) is defined as an eosinophil-rich and granulomatous inflammation involving the respiratory tract, and necrotising vasculitis affecting small- to medium-sized vessels, and is associated with asthma and eosinophilia. It is usually classified among the so-called anti-neutrophil antibody (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitides (AASVs) because of its clinical ...

Arthritis associated with leucocytoclastic angiitis.

The case described is of a Negro male with recurrent ulcerating skin lesions and episodic arthritis. The association of arthritis with inflammatory dermatoses and a possible pathogenic mechanism for the arthritis are discussed.