A complicated case of innominate and right common arterial aneurysms due to Takayasu’s arteritis

Figure 1 Preoperative computed tomography angiography of the patient. A and B: Innominate (yellow arrow) and right common carotid (orange arrow) arterial aneurysms and no display of the left carotid and subclavian arteries; C: Patency of the right vertebral artery; D: Occlusion of the initial part of the left vertebral artery (green arrow).

Figure 2 Macroscopic photograph of surgery and hematoxylin-eosin staining of vascular tissue. A: The main thoracic incision; B: The replaced artificial vessel (green arrow: subclavian end; blue arrow: carotid end; yellow arrow: aortic end); C: Hematoxylin-eosin staining of vascular tissue excised.

Figure 3 Computed tomography angiography images obtained 1 mo after surgery demonstrating patency of the artificial vessel with no dilatation.