title: A 14-year-old girl with a sudden arm swelling after axillary depilatory wax.
abstract: Takayasu's arteritis is a systemic vasculitis predominantly affecting the aorta and its major branches. We report a 14-year-old girl in whom incidentally a deep upper limb vein thrombosis was found. She was referred to the emergency unit due to swelling and intermittent cyanosis of the right arm following an axillary depilatory wax. High-resolution echo colour Doppler ultrasonography showed a deep vein thrombosis with thickening of the proximal common carotids. A diagnosis of type IIb Takayasu's arteritis was made. The patient's history revealed fatigue, myalgia and headache. Immunosuppressive treatment and anticoagulation were introduced with a rapid and sustained improvement.
authors.affiliation: University of Messina, Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology Unit, Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina, 98125, Italy.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Falcini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: La Torre
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fede
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delia
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calcagno