title: Subclavian steal syndrome secondary to Takayasu arteritis in a young female Caucasian patient.
abstract: Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) is most frequently described in Caucasians aged over 50 years because of increased incidence of atherosclerosis in this population. Non-atherosclerotic etiologies of SSS are rare in Caucasians. We present a case of Subclavian Steal Syndrome secondary to Takayasu Arteritis (TA) in a 26 year-old female Caucasian patient. The present case underscores that despite the very low incidence of TA in Caucasians (0.8/1,000,000), this large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of subclavian steal syndrome in Caucasian women aged less than 40 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece. tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsivgoulis
authors.forename: Tsivgoulis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Georgios
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heliopoulos
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vadikolias
authors.forename: Theodosios
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Birbilis
authors.forename: Charitomeni
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piperidou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003345:Corticosterone