Takayasu arteritis
a/k/a: giant cell arteritis, aortic arch syndrome,
"pulseless disease"
- thickening of wall of aortic arch + thoracic aorta
- chronic obliterative arteritis of subclavian + carotid arteries
- diminished pulses in upper extremities
- may ==> rib notching
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2002-04-18