Coexistence of Takayasu Arteritis and Crohn's Disease in a Maltese Patient

Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are uncommon chronic granulomatous disorders affecting the large arteries and the gastrointestinal tract, respectively. At least 40 occurrences of these two conditions in the same patient have been reported in the literature, raising the possibil...

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Autores principales: Caruana Galizia, John Paul, Cassar, Paul John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/384257
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description Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are uncommon chronic granulomatous disorders affecting the large arteries and the gastrointestinal tract, respectively. At least 40 occurrences of these two conditions in the same patient have been reported in the literature, raising the possibility of an association between them. We report the coexistence of TA and CD in a young Maltese patient and review the literature to discuss possible aetiological mechanisms that might explain this association.
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spelling pubmed-47096242016-02-02 Coexistence of Takayasu Arteritis and Crohn's Disease in a Maltese Patient Caruana Galizia, John Paul Cassar, Paul John Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are uncommon chronic granulomatous disorders affecting the large arteries and the gastrointestinal tract, respectively. At least 40 occurrences of these two conditions in the same patient have been reported in the literature, raising the possibility of an association between them. We report the coexistence of TA and CD in a young Maltese patient and review the literature to discuss possible aetiological mechanisms that might explain this association. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4709624/ /pubmed/26839728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/384257 Text en Copyright © 2015 J. P. Caruana Galizia and P. J. Cassar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Coexistence of Takayasu Arteritis and Crohn's Disease in a Maltese Patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709624/
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