Takayasu's arteritis associated with intrarenal vessel involvement.
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory process frequently associated with stenosis and obliteration of the aorta and its primary branches. Renal manifestations of the disease include renal artery stenosis, hypertension, and ischemic kidney disease. To our knowledge, vasculitis involving intrarenal arteries has not been reported in association with TA. We report a case with clinical and arteriographic features of TA associated with involvement of intrarenal vessels.
Munir
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I
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and the Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Uflacker
R
R
Milutinovic
J
J
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*