Takayasu arteritis associated with ulcerative colitis and optic neuritis: first case in Korea.
10.3904/kjim.2013.28.4.491
- Author:
Jung Yoon PYO
1
;
Jin Su PARK
;
Chang Ho SONG
;
Sang Won LEE
;
Yong Beom PARK
;
Soo Kon LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sookonlee@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Takayasu arteritis;
Colitis, ulcerative;
Optic neuritis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use;
Aortography/methods;
Colitis, Ulcerative/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy;
Colonoscopy;
Female;
Humans;
Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use;
Optic Neuritis/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Republic of Korea;
Steroids/therapeutic use;
Takayasu Arteritis/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Treatment Outcome
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2013;28(4):491-496
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis that affects the aortic arch and its primary branches. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology. Patients diagnosed with both TA and UC have rarely been reported. The pathogenesis of TA and UC is uncertain, but cell-mediated mechanisms play an important role in both diseases, and a genetic factor is thought to have an effect on the coincidence of these two diseases. We herein report a 38-year-old female with TA who had a history of UC with optic neuritis. We believe that this is the first case of the coexistence of TA and UC in Korea.
