Abdominal pain as presentation of Takayasu's arteritis in an adolescent male patient.
We describe a boy with chronic abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and weight loss. The imaging was compatible with Takayasu's arteritis. Chronic mesenteric ischemia was the etiology of the patient's symptoms.
Zamani
Farhad
F
GI and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. zamanif@hotmail.com
Shakeri
Ramin
R
Modiramani
Omid
O
Malekzadeh
Reza
R
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis