Takayasu Arteritis: A Case Presenting With Neurological Symptoms and Proteinuria

Fatma Aydin; Banu Acar; Nermin Uncu; Özge BaŞaran; Elçin Adalet Yildiz; Alev GÜven; Nilgün Çakar

doi:10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2020.7402

Takayasu Arteritis: A Case Presenting With Neurological Symptoms and Proteinuria

Arch Rheumatol. 2020 Feb 7;35(2):287-291. doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2020.7402. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

Fatma Aydin¹, Banu Acar¹, Nermin Uncu¹, Özge BaŞaran¹, Elçin Adalet Yildiz², Alev GÜven³, Nilgün Çakar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Pediatric Radiology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

In this article, we present an 18-year-old female patient who was initially diagnosed as central nervous system vasculitis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis but later diagnosed as Takayasu arteritis.

Keywords: Glomerulonephritis; neurologic manifestations; proteinuria; Takayasu arteritis; stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports