title: Large aorta and narrow arteries: two short stories of too long diagnostic delay.
abstract: The diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. We herein present two cases of Takayasu arteritis that demonstrate two important aspects of the disease, which leaded to a significant delay in the diagnosis. The first case presented with an indolent disease with a clinical course of 20 years until clinical diagnosis was finally established while the second case shows the commonly unrecognised aspect of severe renovascular hypertension in these patients.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine F, Tel Aviv Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, 64239 Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors: Doron
authors: D
authors: Boltin
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Wollman
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Anouk
authors: Yoav
authors: Y
authors: Goor
authors: Jacob
authors: J
authors: Ablin
authors: Hanan Guzner
authors: HG
authors: Gur
authors: Dan
authors: D
authors: Caspi
authors: Ori
authors: O
authors: Elkayam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D011241:Prednisone