Arteritis
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Arteritis is a condition characterized by necrosis of arterioles, often observed in the kidneys and associated with severe hemorrhages. It is not an independent disease but typically complicates Bright's disease, especially the progressive malignant form of arteriolosclerotic nephrosclerosis. The condition is likely pathogenetically linked to the uremic symptom complex.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Arteritis, see Artery. ARGERIOLONECROSIS, arteriole necrosis, a symptom first observed by Fahr and Herzheimer in the small arteries of the kidneys, mainly in the vasa afferentia of the glomeruli and in the loops of the latter; Arteritis is accompanied by significant hemorrhages into the parenchyma, so that the kidneys already macroscopically acquire a very variegated appearance. Arteritis is not an independent affliction but usually complicates various forms of Bright's disease, especially arteriolosclerotic nephrosclerosis, its 2G2 progressive malignant form. It is very probable that Arteritis is pathogenetically connected with the uremic symptom complex. Fahr, who attributes great independence to Arteritis, points to the significance of certain infections (syphilis, rheumatism) and intoxications (lead), but apparently without special foundation. Arteritis was also observed in other organs, for example, in the pancreas, in the brain, in the latter case with symptoms of apoplexy.
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“Arteritis.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/arteritis/