Polyarteritis (PA) is an inflammation of theaorta and some of its major proximal branches andthe pulmonary artery. It has also been calledpulseless disease, aortic arch syndrome, young fe-male arteritis, idiopathic ar...
Polyarteritis (PA) is an inflammation of theaorta and some of its major proximal branches andthe pulmonary artery. It has also been calledpulseless disease, aortic arch syndrome, young fe-male arteritis, idiopathic arteritis, and reversedcoarctation etc The present name of this diseasefirst appeared in 1962, an article written by twoChinese doctors, Huang W and Liu LS, and wassubsequently worldwide accepted. The clinical pic-ture presented in literatures was different in some ex-tent in each group owing to their different aspects ofemphasis. However, the reports of inflamma-tory lesion were mainly confined in the pulmonaryartery, and complicating huge thrombosis in itsmain stem has been rarely seen . This report pres-ented a case, lacking in signs of pulselessness, butwith clinical manifestations of hemoptysis andpulmonary hypertension. PA complicated by a hugethrombus was revealed at autopsy.
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