Takayasu's Arteritis: A case report
Daryuş HAYDARİ, Mehmet Akif TOPÇUOĞLU, Ersin TAN, Okay SARIBAŞ
Hacettepe Üniverersitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, ANKARA
Abstract
Takayasu 's arteritis is very rare chronic idiopathic inflammatory arteropathy affecting largevessels most markedly the aorta and its main branches. A typical case is presented in this paper and more recent advances of pathology, immunopathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, prognosis and treatment of disease are also reviewed.