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Takayasu's Arteritis and Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Brashear Allison,
Pascuzzi Robert M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon19922136
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , takayasu arteritis , multiple sclerosis , magnetic resonance imaging , arteritis , central nervous system , radiology , pathology , vasculitis , dermatology , disease , immunology
A 19‐year‐old woman developed symptoms, signs, and radiographic evidence of Takayasu's arteritis. She subsequently presented with fluctuating, multifocal, central nervous system deficits; abnormal magnetic resonance findings of the head and spine; and spinal fluid irregularities indicative of multiple sclerosis. These two disorders of presumed autoimmune etiology have not previously been found in the same patient, suggesting an immunopathogenic link between them.