Takayasu's arteritis history and symptoms

Common symptoms of Takayasu’s arteritis include headache, malaise, arthralgias, claudication, and visual disturbance. Less common symptoms of Takayasu’s arteritis include fever, weight loss, seizures, and erythema nodosum.

Takayasu’s arteritis can be divided into two phases:^[1][2]

• Pre-pulseless phase
  • Present with non-specific constitutional symptoms of vasculitis such as:
    • Fatigue
    • Fever of unknown origin
    • Weight loss
    • Myalgia
    • Arthralgia

• Subsequent pulseless phase
  • Present with involvement of the branches of aorta and specific symptoms secondary to occlusion of the branches of aorta such as:
    • Subclavian artery:
      • Claudication in the upper extremities
      • Subclavian steal syndrome
    • Carotid and vertebral arteries:
      • Headache
      • Vertigo
      • Syncope
      • Convulsions
      • Forgetfulness
    • Coronary arteries:
      • Chest pain
    • Ascending aorta:
      • Aortic regurgitation

Common symptoms of Takayasu’s arteritis include:

• Headache
• Malaise
• Arthralgias

• Claudication
• Visual disturbance

Less common symptoms of Takayasu’s arteritis include:

• Fever
• Weight loss
• Seizures 
• Erythema nodosum
• Ulcerated subacute nodular lesions
• Pyoderma gangrenosum
• Chest pain
• Gastrointestinal symptoms

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