Large aorta and narrow arteries: two short stories of too long diagnostic delay.
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.
Boltin
Doron
D
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.
Wollman
Jonathan
J
Anouk
Marina
M
Goor
Yoav
Y
Ablin
Jacob
J
Gur
Hanan Guzner
HG
Caspi
Dan
D
Elkayam
Ori
O
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
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D011241:Prednisone