title: Case report: imaging of Takayasu arteritis in the acute stage.
abstract: We report a case of Takayasu arteritis (TA) in the acute stage. The case is unique in two points. First, the diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis was initially suspected from a subtle finding on plain radiography. Second, thickening of the aortic and pulmonary arterial walls was demonstrated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the acute non-pulseless stage of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed