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R. H. KAMPMEIER, M.D.; V. F. NEUMANN, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1930;45(4):513-522.

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The absence of pulsation in the radial, brachial and carotid arteries of both sides is a rare condition. A patient showing such abnormality was under observation in the wards of the University Hospital. In a study of the literature only three reports of instances in which this striking abnormality occurred were found. We are collecting and reviewing these, adding our report of a case as a fourth.

INCIDENCE

Because of the frequency of aortic aneurysm, large groups of statistics are available dealing with signs and symptoms in the presence of this lesion. Boyd¹ in 1924 studied collected reports on 4,000 cases of thoracic aortic aneurysm, stating that over 5,000 cases had been reported in the literature. Since we are dealing with a not uncommon lesion, the finding of only three reports of cases of bilateral absence of pulse indicates the extreme rarity of this remarkable abnormality.

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Author Affiliations
PUEBLO, COLO.; DETROIT

From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Sept. 26, 1929.

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