title: Proteus Takayasu's arteritis with unusual intracranial granulomatosis as initial manifestation.
abstract: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory vasculitis of aorta and its branches, its low incidence limited our recognition to this entity. We sometimes can confuse this disease with polyarteritis nodosa and other vasculitis when no conventional "big artery" involved in TA cases. Here we report a 26-year-old man with Takayasu's arteritis who presented with a provisional intracranial granulomatosis first and then saccular aneurysms between celiac trunk and arteria hepatica communis and many other proteus manifestations, which is seldom described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai, Jiao Tong University, 600 Yishan Road, 200233 Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yu Qiang
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Nian Song
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000382:microbiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone