Takayasu's arteritis historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farnaz Khalighinejad, MD [2]
Overview
In 1830, Rokushu Yamamoto, who practised Japanese oriental medicine described the first case of Takayasu’s arteritis. In 1905, Mikito Takayasu reported a case of a 21 year old woman with characteristic fundal arteriovenous anastomoses as “a case of peculiar changes in the central retinal vessels.” In 1905, Onishi and Kagosha reported cases associated with absent radial pulses.
Historical Perspective
- In 1830, Rokushu Yamamoto, who practised Japanese oriental medicine described the first case of Takayasu’s arteritis.[1]
- In 1905, Mikito Takayasu reported a case of a 21 year old woman with characteristic fundal arteriovenous anastomoses as “a case of peculiar changes in the central retinal vessels.”[2]
- In 1905, Onishi and Kagosha reported cases associated with absent radial pulses.[3]
- In 1920, the first postmortem case of panarteritis was described. She was a 25 year old woman who suffered from retinal ischemia.[1]
- In 1951, Shimizu and Sano named this pathological condition “pulseless disease.”[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Numano F, Okawara M, Inomata H, Kobayashi Y (September 2000). “Takayasu’s arteritis”. Lancet. 356 (9234): 1023–5. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02701-X. PMID 11041416.
- ↑ Sugiyama K, Ijiri S, Tagawa S, Shimizu K (March 2009). “Takayasu disease on the centenary of its discovery”. Jpn. J. Ophthalmol. 53 (2): 81–91. doi:10.1007/s10384-009-0650-2. PMID 19333690.
- ↑ Numano F, Kakuta T (August 1996). “Takayasu arteritis–five doctors in the history of Takayasu arteritis”. Int. J. Cardiol. 54 Suppl: S1–10. PMID 9119508.
- ↑ SHIMIZU K, SANO K (January 1951). “Pulseless disease”. J Neuropathol Clin Neurol. 1 (1): 37–47. PMID 24538949.
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