title: Ankylosing spondylitis and an aortic arch syndrome.
abstract: A 63 year old woman with a 16 year history of ankylosing spondylitis and peripheral joint involvement later presented with a large vessel arteritis affecting the branches of the arch of the aorta.
mesh_terms: D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*