Takayasu's arteritis-associated aneurysm formation without steno-occlusive lesions.
The authors report a case of a 20-year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) presenting with recurrent erythema nodosum-like lesions, elevated acute-phase proteins and aortographic findings of multiple aneurysmal dilatations of the aorta without the coexistence of steno-occlusive lesions. This finding indicates that aneurysms could be an early manifestation of TA and not necessarily a change secondary to stenotic lesions.
Boki
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Department of Rheumatology, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Pakas
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Kekatou
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Kataxaki
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Papapavlou
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D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed