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Cerebral Circulation Via Right Vertebral Artery in Takayasu's Arteritis

Mehmet ah Topcuolu, MD, Hafize Yaliniz, MD, Acar Tokcan, MD, Hacer Bozdemir, MD^,1, Yakup Sarica, MD^,1

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 1 Department of Neurology Çukurova University School of Medicine Adana, Turkey

For reprint information contact: Mehmet ah Topcuolu, MD Tel: 90 322 338 6627 Fax: 90 322 338 6656 email: sahtopcu{at}yahoo.com Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Çukurova University School of Medicine, Balcali, Adana 01330, Turkey.

A 42-year-old woman had left fronto-orbital aching and amaurosis for 6 months. Fluorescein angiography of the left eye showed vasculitis. Aortography revealed total occlusion of both subclavian arteries, both carotid arteries, and the left vertebral artery, with serious narrowing of the abdominal aorta. The right vertebral artery was spared. Blood flow in the middle and anterior cerebral arteries was normal in spin-echo and phase-contrast magnetic resonance studies. Immuno-histochemical findings indicated Takayasu's arteritis.