title: Acute stroke revealing Takayasu's arteritis in a patient with Crohn's disease.
abstract: A 36-year-old Caucasian male with Crohn's disease exhibited acute ischaemic stroke as the first manifestation of Takayasu's arteritis. Stroke as the first clinical manifestation of Takayasu's arteritis has been rarely reported. Though rare in Western countries, Takayasu's arteritis should be considered as a possibility in young patients presenting with stroke. Both Takayasu's arteritis and Crohn's disease may increase the risk of ischaemic stroke. Furthermore, their coexistence is much higher than that expected by chance and suggest a pathophysiological link between these diseases.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Internal Medicine , Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center , Haifa , Israel.|b Medical Services and Supplies Center , Medical Corps, IDF , Israel.|d Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lavie
authors.affiliation: b Medical Services and Supplies Center , Medical Corps, IDF , Israel.
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zalmanovich
authors.affiliation: b Medical Services and Supplies Center , Medical Corps, IDF , Israel.
authors.forename: Yitzhak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.affiliation: c Department of Radiology , Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Tali
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jonas Kimchi
authors.affiliation: b Medical Services and Supplies Center , Medical Corps, IDF , Israel.
authors.forename: Erez
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barenboim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Crohn’s disease; Stroke; Takayasu’s arteritis