title: Takayasu arteritis: imaging spectrum at multidetector CT angiography.
abstract: Takayasu arteritis is a chronic, idiopathic, inflammatory disease that primarily affects large vessels, such as the aorta and its major branches and the pulmonary and coronary arteries. The non-specific inflammation of involved vessels usually leads to concentric wall thickening, fibrosis and thrombus formation. Diseased arteries become stenotic or occluded, undergo vascular remodelling or develop aneurysms. According to the involvement of arteries, six types of Takayasu arteritis are documented. The purpose of this pictorial review is to illustrate the various multidetector CT angiography appearances of Takayasu arteritis and to discuss the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of South Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones