Question 132 · LEK · Takayasu arteritis
Which of the following is a „disease without pulse” most frequently affecting young women under 20 years of age?
- A. Kawasaki disease.
- B. Schönlein-Henoch purpura.
- C. polyarteritis nodosa.
- D. dermatomyositis.
- E. Takayasu disease.
Hint
Think of the large-vessel vasculitis of the aorta and its branches in young women that leads to absent arm pulses.
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