Description of Takayasu's arteritis
Descripción de la arteritis de Takayasu
- Date
- 1908 · confidence high
- Place
- Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
- Credited to
- Mikito Takayasu
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu described a "wreathlike" appearance of retinal vessels in a patient, which two other physicians at the same conference linked to the absence of a radial pulse: the first described signs of this large-vessel inflammation.
The description was collective, at the 1908 annual meeting of the Japan Ophthalmological Society; it is attributed to Takayasu for presenting the index case.
What it led to
- Recognition of Takayasu's arteritis as a large-vessel autoimmune disease
- Diagnostic criteria via angiography
- Specific immunosuppressive treatments