[A case of Takayasu's arteritis with ulcerative colitis diagnosed by carotodynia and MRI findings].
We experienced a case of Takayasu's arteritis (TA) with ulceritive colitis (UC) having the onset of carotodynia, not accompanied by ischemic symptoms. MRI findings of the neck demonstrated a thickening of the bilateral carotid artery walls. The patient was treated by prednisolone with a marked improvement in both clinical symptoms and MRI findings. The patient had a unique HLA haplotype reported to correlate with both TA and UC. Carotodynia is an early but pathognomonic symptom of TA and MRI is helpful for the early diagnosis of TA.
Kawashima
M
M
First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Koike
R
R
Nishio
J
J
Nanki
T
T
Kohsaka
H
H
Kubota
T
T
Miyasaka
N
N
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*