Abdominal Takayasu's arteritis: imaging with color duplex sonography.
Takayasu's arteritis is a inflammatory process of unknown etiology affecting mainly the thoracic and abdominal aorta and producing steno-occlusive findings of various degrees in different sites. We present a case of Takayasu's disease in a young woman, studied by color duplex sonography and verified by angiography.
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X-R Department Areteio Hospital, Athens University, GR-11528 Athens, Greece.
Vlahos
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Mourikis
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D000293:Adolescent; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color