Mikito Takayasu

Takayasu Mikito (Japanese高 安 右 人; * July 1859 or 1860 or September 4, 1860 ( traditionally Man'en 1.7.19 ) in the district of Ogi, Hizen Province (now Saga Prefecture ), † November 20, 1938 ) was a Japanese ophthalmologist. He is one of the first to describe the named after him Takayasu 's arteritis.

Life

Takayasu closed in 1887 his medical studies at the University of Tokyo. In 1888 he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the State Fourth Higher Secondary School in Kanazawa and 1894 Head of the associated hospital of the reorganized Medical Faculty of the Fourth state high school. From 1899 to 1901, Takayasu held up in Germany and was subsequently professor of ophthalmology at the Medical Technical School Kanazawa, Kanazawa Medical University in 1923. Takayasu in 1923 became dean of the college. The following year he retired from the university and practiced in private practice. In 1938, he succumbed to cancer.

Description of Takayasu 's arteritis

1908 presented at the 12th Annual Takayasu meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of Japan (Nihon Ganka Gakkai, Eng. Japanese Ophthalmology Society) in the case of a 21 -year-old woman in front who had visited him in 1905 and 1908. The patient suffered from a limited vision. The investigation of her fundus showed vascular anastomoses. The case report was published also. Besides Takayasu presented at this conference also ophthalmologists Onishi and Kagoshima Katsutomo Tsurukichi similar shots before and supplemented their cases to the observation that the pulse of the radial artery ( radial artery ) was not palpable. Takayasu had made ​​no such findings.

The term " Takayasu 's disease " was coined later by Nakajima, the term " Takayasu 's arteritis " by Shinmi.