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  • Title: Takayasu's arteritis with aortoaortic bypass graft and renal autotransplantation: report of one case.
    Author: Su WJ, Liang CD, Chuang CK, Chang CH.
    Journal: Zhonghua Min Guo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi; 1992; 33(6):428-34. PubMed ID: 1364002.
    Abstract:
    Takayasu's arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of the aorta and its major branches which occurs predominantly in young women. The clinical course has been described as two stages: 1) initial phase, with inflammatory process and systemic manifestations; and later 2) pulseless phase, with multiple arterial occlusions. A 20-year-old female came to visit this hospital for the first time at 10 years of age with occlusion of the left subclavian artery and of the thoracoabdominal aorta. Aortoaortic bypass surgery was performed using a 14 mm woven graft from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta on the infrarenal portion. The postoperative course was uneventful. Exertional dyspnea and hypertension progressively developed. However, in the past year, angiograms have shown a marked stenosis on the proximal portion of the left renal artery. Autotransplantation for the left-sided kidney was performed. The patient did well, and remained free of symptoms until this time of writing, 12 months after the operation.
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