Takayasu arteritis is a relatively rare inflammatory arteritis that can be associated with ocular manifestations. We report four patients with proven Takayasu arteritis; two patients manifested hypoperfusive ocular manifestations of ocular ischemic syndrome and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy whilst two others had exudative retinal detachment and papilledema as a result of severe hypertensio...

An autopsy case of an elderly man with Takayasu's arteritis and atherosclerosis is presented. Ischemic signs and symptoms including anginal attack were aggravated with activity of arteritis despite administration of prednisolone throughout the entire course. The autopsy revealed severe atherosclerosis over the aorta and its branches, and arteritis in the fibrotic stage in localized area. Vessel...

Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease marked by granulomatous inflammation of the large- and medium-vessels. GCA exclusively affects older patients above 50 years old, suggesting a role senescence in pathobiology GCA. IL-6 receptor blocking therapy has been shown to be effective treatment for GCA.(1) More recently, phase two randomized control trial efficacy GM-CSF GC...

BACKGROUND Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory disease of large-diameter arteries. Aorta and its branches are most frequently affected. Takayasu arteritis occurs mainly in young women and, if left untreated, leads to fatal complications. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is considered the gold standard in imaging of Takayasu arteritis. CASE REPORT A thirty-five-year-old woman was admitt...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Systemic giant cell arteritis causing cerebellar infarction due to intracranial arteritis of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery has not been previously reported. We report this infrequent occurrence and discuss the differential diagnosis. CASE DESCRIPTION An 85-year-old woman was admitted with a 2-week history of episodic ataxia, unilateral headaches, and vomiting....

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...

Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory vasculopathy that preferentially affects medium-sized and large arteries. A viral cause has been suspected but not confirmed in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis. We report the case of a 81-year-old female who suffered from chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection and developed giant cell temporal arteritis.

Manifestations and �onsequences The symptoms of temporal arteritis are highly variable. The occurrence of frequent (e.g., daily) temporal or occipital headaches that are resistant to regular analgesics is the most common symptom, found in two-thirds of patients.6 Fever, present in 50% of cases, is usually moderate.6 Anorexia with weight loss and asthenia is observed in one-third of patients.6 I...