Open AccessTakayasu's arteritis associated with Crohn's disease: a case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Sohail Ashraf,
Mohamed A. Al-Karawi,
Fahda Alokaily,
Abdullah Alkhushail,
Abdulrahman A. Al-Robayan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0490
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , disease , takayasu arteritis , arteritis , takayasu's arteritis , crohn disease , dermatology , vasculitis , intensive care medicine , pediatrics
Takayasu's arteritis and inflammatory bowel disease are rarely found together, although the number of cases reported in the literature is increasing. Takayasu's arteritis has been studied in 31 patients from the Arab world but in none of them was it associated with Crohn's disease. We report the case of a Saudi woman previously diagnosed with Crohn's disease who subsequently developed Takayasu's arteritis, which may represent one of many extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease. The possible aetiological factors, diagnostic methods, differential diagnoses and common pathophysiological mechanisms of the two diseases are discussed. This is the first case report of these two diseases in an Arab patient.