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Aortic Arch Syndromes

Medical Definition: Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Guide Notes: occlusion of aortic arch from various causes
Also Called: Aortitis Syndrome
Aortic Arch Syndromes Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Takayasu's Arteritis - A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the disturbed circulation. There may be loss of hair and atrophy of the skin and its appendages with underlying muscle atrophy. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed)

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