Case Report

Anesthetic management of a patient with Takayasu's arteritis

  • Gökçen Başaranoğlu
  • Veysel Erden
  • Selim Kocabora
  • Yusuf Kalko
  • Hamdi Delatioğlu
  • Kerem Erkalp
  • Zehra Yangın

Received Date: 29.12.2004 Accepted Date: 17.02.2005 Gulhane Med J 2005;47(2):148-149

Takayasu's arteritis is a rare, idiopathic and chronic inflammatory disease. We report the successful anesthetic management of a 39- year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis, in whom visual disturbance occurred after total abdominal hysterectomy.

Keywords: Takayasu's arteritis, anesthesia, complications