RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Acute Diagnosis of Takayasu's Arteritis Based on Helical CT Angiography of the Chest and Neck in the Emergency Room
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1983
OP 1985
VO 20
IS 10
A1 Pinheiro, Lisa Winer
A1 LeBlang, Suzanne D.
A1 Romano, Jose
A1 Forteza, Alex
YR 1999
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/10/1983.abstract
AB Summary: Recently, a young woman presented acutely with a left hemispheric stroke and differing blood pressures in the arms as her initial manifestation of Takayasu's arteritis. Helical CT angiography, performed to rule out aortic dissection, revealed a thickened wall of the aortic arch with stenoses and occlusions of the great vessels, suggesting the diagnosis. The sequence of imaging studies and findings in this unusually catastrophic presentation of a typically insidious disease are highlighted.