TAKAYASU´S ARTERITIS, MRI. Takayasu´s arteritis - frontal MRI of the abdomen. Takayasu´s arteritis (´disease of the pulseless women´) is a rare pathology found in young, mainly asian, women characterized by stenosis of the large and medium-sized arteries, most commonly the aorta. Shown here, inflammatory stenosis of the abdominal aorta. An auto-immune reaction causing inflammation of the vessel walls leads to narrowing and occlusion and the disparition of the radial and carotid puls