Verma Sudhir, Saraf Sameer, Himanshu D, Singh Shailesh
Department of Internal Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jan 10;2013:bcr2012007854. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007854.
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of medium and large vessels, mainly involving the aorta and its major branches. TA may have diverse clinical presentation including claudication, stroke, asymmetric pulse or blood pressure. However, the association of TA with digital gangrene is a rare entity. Here, we report a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with digital gangrene of the right hand, which on workup was diagnosed as a case of TA.
高安动脉炎(TA)是一种累及中、大动脉的慢性炎症性疾病,主要侵犯主动脉及其主要分支。TA可能有多种临床表现,包括跛行、中风、脉搏或血压不对称。然而,TA与手指坏疽相关的情况较为罕见。在此,我们报告一例40岁女性患者,该患者右手出现手指坏疽,经检查被诊断为TA。