A Case Report of Takayasu’s Arteritis

Authors

  • O.O. Andrushkova Pirogov Vinnytsia Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • T.M. Zhmud Pirogov Vinnytsia Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • N.V. Malachkova Pirogov Vinnytsia Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • K.Iu. Grizhimalskaia Pirogov Vinnytsia Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • D.A. Iatsenko Pirogov National Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia; Vinnytsa (Ukraine)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh201727073

Keywords:

Takayasu’s arteritis, aorto-arteritis

Abstract

Background: Takayasu’s arteritis is a non-specific autoimmune disease affecting large-size blood vessels, with a predilection for the aorta and its major branches. The most characteristic symptoms include absence or decrease of arterial pulses in the arms and CNS-related abnormalities (arm numbness, pain and paresthesia; fatigue; dizziness; syncope; seizures; aphasia; and hemipareses).

Purpose: To exemplify the ocular manifestations of Takayasu disease.

Materials and Methods: The patient underwent general clinical tests, comprehensive ophthalmological examination, duplex Doppler sonography of carotid and cerebral vessels, and brain MRI.

Results and Conclusion: Our case report demonstrates the severity of the course of the disease and that the prognosis for vision and life in patients with Takayasu's arteritis can be unfavorable. Takayasu's arteritis can be seen in young men, with one of the symptoms being ocular alterations (corneal edema, mydriatic pupil, cataract, changes in retinal vessel caliber, retinal edema and ischemia, and reduced blood flow velocity in the ophthalmic artery).

References

1. Komarov FI, Nesterov AP, Margolis MG, Brovkina AF. [Ocular abnormalities in systemic disease]. Moscow: Meditsina; 1982 Russian

2. Fedorov SN, Klimova TL, Bogatyrev IuV. [Diagnostic importance of carotoid-compression tonography in occlusive processes in the carotid arteries]. Vestn Oftalmol. 1975 Mar-Apr;(2):11-6 Russian

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Published

2026-02-06

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[1]
Andrushkova, O. et al. 2026. A Case Report of Takayasu’s Arteritis. Ukrainian Journal of Ophthalmology . 2 (Feb. 2026), 70–73. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh201727073.

Issue

No. 2 (2017): Journal of Ophthalmology (Ukraine)

Section

Case Reports

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