PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pinheiro, Lisa Winer
AU  - LeBlang, Suzanne D.
AU  - Romano, Jose
AU  - Forteza, Alex
TI  - The Acute Diagnosis of Takayasu's Arteritis Based on Helical CT Angiography of the Chest and Neck in the Emergency Room
DP  - 1999 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1983--1985
VI  - 20
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/10/1983.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/10/1983.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1999 Nov 01; 20
AB  - Summary: Recently, a young woman presented acutely with a left hemispheric stroke and differing blood pressures in the arms as her initial manifestation of Takayasu's arteritis. Helical CT angiography, performed to rule out aortic dissection, revealed a thickened wall of the aortic arch with stenoses and occlusions of the great vessels, suggesting the diagnosis. The sequence of imaging studies and findings in this unusually catastrophic presentation of a typically insidious disease are highlighted.