TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LARGE ARTERIES

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Tuberculous lesions of the vascular system have long been of interest as points of distribution of bacilli in cases of general miliary tuberculosis. The following example of such a lesion is noteworthy for two reasons: first, on account of its rarity; second, because it gave rise to the presence of great numbers of tubercle bacilli in a few glomeruli in the kidney, where they caused little or no reaction in the tissue about them. Weigert, as early as 1877, pointed out the important relation between tuberculous lesions of the vascular system and general miliary tuberculosis. Following his papers a very large literature has grown up on the subject. All manner of tuberculous vascular conditions have been carefully studied and described. These have included lesions of the thoracic duct, pulmonary and systemic veins, large and small arteries, and even of the heart itself. Commonest of all are the lesions of the veins

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