Takayasu’s Disease With Bilateral Carotid Arteritis in a Caucasian Female: A Rare Presentation and Diagnostic Dilemma

Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is not an uncommon cause of vasculitis in Caucasian females, however, involvement of bilateral carotid artery is a very rare presentation. We are presenting a 31-year-old young Caucasian female who presented with left-sided neck pain, headache and was subsequently found to h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yadava, Sanjay, Arafa, Fatema, Shepherd, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909323
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19376
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Sumario:Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is not an uncommon cause of vasculitis in Caucasian females, however, involvement of bilateral carotid artery is a very rare presentation. We are presenting a 31-year-old young Caucasian female who presented with left-sided neck pain, headache and was subsequently found to have vasculitis of bilateral carotid arteries.

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