Pulseless disease due to branchial arteritis.

REPEATED reports from Japan and from north European countries have brought attention to a new clinical syndrome called "pulseless, or Takayasu disease." The condition is found in young women and is characterized by thrombosis of the vessels deriving from the arch of the aorta associated with cerebral, ocular, and upper extremity symptoms. Its etiology is obscure. We are presenting a case of this disease observed in a young Negro woman and studies carried out to clarify the pathogenesis of the disorder and its differentiation from the other known arterial diseases.