Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2011
Abstract
The authors present the case of a young woman with newly diagnosed Takayasu's arteritis. This woman, with arterial hypertension, was investigated for the unspecific symptoms at the beginning.
Afterwards, the transthoracic echocardiography showed dysfunction of the left ventricle and the abdominal sonography showed a stenosis of the right renal artery. PET/CT scan showed chronic modification after inflammatory processes on the wall of the thoracic and abdominal aorta.
This case report should be instructive to other clinicians and refers to the necessity to remember this rare disease in our country too.