Journal article
Simultaneous Presentation of Crohn's Disease and Takayasu Arteritis in a Teenage Patient
JIM - high impact case reports, Vol.8, pp.2324709620977317-2324709620977317
2020
DOI: 10.1177/2324709620977317
PMCID: PMC7705765
PMID: 33238761
Abstract
A 14-year-old female with no significant medical history presented with hypertensive urgency, in the setting of 4 to 6 weeks of diarrhea, abdominal pain, headaches, anemia, weight loss, and high blood pressures. Her evaluation revealed signs of a systemic inflammatory process that was most suspicious for inflammatory bowel disease. However, when her hypertension was evaluated with a renal Doppler ultrasound, there were signs of narrowing, stenosis, and hypoplasia that led to a diagnostic angiogram of the abdominal aorta. Full body positron emission tomography scan revealed multiple areas of stenosis and aortic thickening with enhancement compatible with Takayasu arteritis. She received prednisone, methotrexate, and infliximab with marked improvement in her clinical symptoms and inflammatory markers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Simultaneous Presentation of Crohn's Disease and Takayasu Arteritis in a Teenage Patient
- Creators
- Inna Polyakova - Emory UniversityGlen Iannucci - Emory UniversityRoshan George - Children's Healthcare of AtlantaAnne Gill - Emory UniversityDinesh Govind Patel - GI Care for KidsKelly Rouster-Stevens - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JIM - high impact case reports, Vol.8, pp.2324709620977317-2324709620977317
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/2324709620977317
- PMID
- 33238761
- PMCID
- PMC7705765
- ISSN
- 2324-7096
- eISSN
- 2324-7096
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2020
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
- Record Identifier
- 9984702945002771
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