[Primary arteritis of the right axillary and left pulmonary arteries or Takayasu's disease in an adolescent].

The authors report a case of a primitive inflammatory arteriopathy involving the right axillary and left pulmonary arteries, or Takayasu's disease in a 16 years old adolescent. After recalling the criteria of definition and diagnosis of the disease, they stress the value of an early diagnosis during the first preocclusive phase of this exceptional disease, that may well begin at the paediatric age group.