CONTEXT Ureteral stenosis and ureterohydronephrosis may be serious complications of aortoiliac or aortofemoral reconstructive surgery. CASE REPORT A 62-year-old female patient presented with a six-month history of left lumbar pain. She was a smoker, and had mild chronic arterial hypertension and Takayasu arteritis. She had previously undergone three vascular interventions. In two procedures, ...

Spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistulae are uncommon. They are seen mostly in association with hypertension, atherosclerosis or intracranial aneurysm (Bickerstaff, 1970). Facial palsy was noted by Walsh (1957) in a case of traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula which recovered in one year. Involvement of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth cranial nerves has been frequently noted (Walsh, 1957; Sattl...

Background Takayasu disease is a non-specific inflammatory vasculitis of the large and medium caliber arteries occurring during 2nd or 3rd decade. Attachment before age 20 rare. Methods This retrospective descriptive study including patients with aged less than years out series 109 between 1984 2022 in department internal medicine vascular surgery at CHU INB SINA Rabat. Results We identified 11...

BACKGROUND Symptomatic or significant vascular lesions of Takayasu arteritis (TA) need interventions. Although percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with balloon is a less invasive and safe method, stent implantation in TA can be an alternative option. However, superiority between balloon angioplasty and stenting in TA is not conclusive. METHODS A meta-analysis comparing balloon angioplasty a...

CASE REPORT Two patients (80 and 67 year-old) presented with diplopia for a sudden right 3rd cranial nerve palsy without other ocular or systemic symptoms related to temporal arteritis. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels were normal. Subsequent biopsy of the superficial temporal artery confirmed the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. DISCUSSION Patients with ocular ner...

BACKGROUND Bilateral and isolated abducens nerve palsy is a rare initial presentation after aneurysms rupture. Several possible mechanisms including intracranial hypertension have been purposed. To date, there have been no reports with objective measurements to demonstrate the relationship between intracranial pressure and isolated abducens palsy in the setting of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage ...

BACKGROUND Several controversial matters still remain unresolved in the management of Takayasu's arteritis, especially after vascular intervention. First, a definitive diagnostic tool has not been established to assess disease activity correctly. Second, the optimal medical regimen has not been established to prevent restenosis of the vascular lesion. Surgical treatments have been rarely perfor...

Giant cell arteritis is a systemic, inflammatory, and vascular syndrome that requires early diagnosis and immediate management because of the risk of loss of vision. Local symptoms include headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication, visual disturbances, and scalp necrosis. Systemic symptoms include weight loss, fever, malaise, fatigue, and polymyalgia rheumatica. We describe a case that was i...

Title Progressing takayasu arteritis successfully treated by common carotidinternal carotid crossover bypass grafting: technical case report. Author(s) Hiu, Takeshi; Kitagawa, Naoki; Suyama, Kazuhiko; Nagata, Izumi Citation Neurosurgery, 65(5), pp.1178-1179; 2008 Issue Date 2008-05 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/23080 Right Copyright © by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons NAOSITE: Nagasaki...