title: Large vessel calcification in Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: We report the novel case of a young woman with Takayasu arteritis, with extensive large vessel disease. The case demonstrates that while mechanisms of vascular calcification are poorly understood, inflammation per se might be sufficient to mediate increased mineral stress leading to vessel calcification, even in the absence of renal impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Medicine, Eastern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gujadhur
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spanger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chuen
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Holt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*