Caruana Galizia John Paul, Cassar Paul John
Department of Rheumatology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida MSD 2090, Malta.
Case Rep Rheumatol. 2015;2015:384257. doi: 10.1155/2015/384257. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
Takayasu arteritis (TA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are uncommon chronic granulomatous disorders affecting the large arteries and the gastrointestinal tract, respectively. At least 40 occurrences of these two conditions in the same patient have been reported in the literature, raising the possibility of an association between them. We report the coexistence of TA and CD in a young Maltese patient and review the literature to discuss possible aetiological mechanisms that might explain this association.
高安动脉炎（TA）和克罗恩病（CD）是分别累及大动脉和胃肠道的罕见慢性肉芽肿性疾病。文献报道同一患者中至少有40例同时出现这两种疾病，这增加了它们之间存在关联的可能性。我们报告了一名年轻马耳他患者同时患有TA和CD的病例，并回顾文献以探讨可能解释这种关联的病因机制。
