title: Multiple isolated aneurysms in a case of "burned out" Takayasu aortitis.
abstract: Takayasu aortitis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease predominantly seen in young Asian women. The disease is idiopathic and largely affects the aorta and its major branches. The basic pathologic changes in TA are fibrosis and subsequent occlusion of the large arteries. TA is classically termed "pulseless" disease, with manifestations during the occlusive stage including limb ischemia, renovascular hypertension, and heart failure. Arterial dilation and aneurysm are largely unappreciated manifestations of TA, but they occur in as many as 32% of affected patients. We report chronic "burned out" TA in a 23-year-old Hispanic woman with isolated aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, and common iliac arteries, without occlusive disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Janet J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chieh
authors.forename: Lucy S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Brevetti
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Rocco G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ciocca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed