Unusual Presentation of Takayasu Arteritis

Unusual Presentation of Takayasu Arteritis as Acute Myocardial Infarction

An unrecognised presentation of Takayasu arteritis: superficial femoral artery involvement.

OBJECTIVES Superficial femoral artery (SFA) involvement in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) has rarely been reported. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristic and clinical outcomes of endovascular therapy in such patients. METHODS We analysed the data collected from 105 consecutive patients with TAK, who were diagnosed from January 2011 to December 2013. All patients u...

Takayasu arteritis in a young female

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. The disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. In this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in Babol, north of Iran. Case Presentation: A 22 - year old female was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of Rouhani Teaching Hospital...

An Unusual Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic vasculitis that typically presents with headache, fever and polymyalgia although atypical presentations are known. We present a case of GCA with nonproductive cough and pyrexia of unknown origin emphasizing this atypical nature of presentation. We report a rare association of GCA with granulomatous hepatitis. We also support the use of PET scanning in dia...

Takayasu arteritis: a review.

Takayasu arteritis is a well known yet rare form of large vessel vasculitis. This review details the history, clinical features, differential diagnoses, classification, and immunology of the disorder. Suppression of inflammation and preservation of vascular competence are the aims of treatment. As with any rare disease, randomised controlled treatment trials are either lacking or based on small...