Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis.
Hypertension and its cause may be missed by failure to measure blood pressure in both arms. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis where diagnostic confusion arose because there was a failure to detect a difference in blood pressure between the arms.
Banks
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Department of Rheumatology, The Guest Hospital, Dudley, DY1 4SE, West Midlands, UK. banksmj@drsnet.co.uk
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D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis