title: [A case of ischemic colitis in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis].
abstract: Ischemic colitis is one of the most common intestinal ischemic injury in which more than 90% of patient are over 60 year-old. It results from impaired perfusion of blood to the bowel and is rarely caused by vasculitis such as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, and Takayasu's arteritis. Takayasu's arteritis affects the aortic arch, medium-sized and large arteries but rarely involves inferior mesenteric artery. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis involving inferior mesenteric artery which developed ischemic colitis in a 70 year old female. To the author's knowledge this is the first case report in Korea. A 70 year old woman who had suffered from Takayasu's arteritis for 5 years was admitted for sudden abdominal pain and hematochezia. On sigmoidoscopy, there were multiple segmental longitudinal ulcerations around splenic flexure and diffuse hemorrhagic edematous mucosa from descending colon to sigmoid colon. On abdominal CT angiography, inferior mesenteric artery was not traced. We diagnosed it as ischemic colitis combined with Takayasu's arteritis. After the conservative treatment, abdominal pain and hematochezia disappeared. She was followed up to 2 years without recurrence of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Eulji Medical Center, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Se Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Rim
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yun Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Seong Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moon Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Han Hyo
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed