title: [A woman with ischemia of the eyes and the left arm].
abstract: We saw a 23-year-old women with orthostasis, visual disturbances and pale discoloration of fingers on the left hand. Arterial pulsations were absent on both carotid, radial and ulnar arteries. Inflammatory parameters were raised and on funduscopy there was retinal ischemia. On FDG-PET/CT the diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis was made.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Ede.
authors.forename: Remy H H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bemelmans
authors.forename: Jos N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hoes
authors.forename: Marnix G E H
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18