Korean Journal of Cerebrovascular Disease  2001;3(2):184-187

Takayasus Arteritis with Pregnancy Induced Eclampsia.

Kook Jin AHN 1 ; Seong Tai HAHN ; Dong Won YANG ; Sang Hoon LEE ; Beum Saeng KIM ; Kyu Ho CHOI

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Keywords

Takayasu's arteritis; Eclampsia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

We experienced a case of Takayasus arteritis with eclampsia in a 43-year-old woman. The patient had angiographically definite Takayasus arteritis with the involvement of right common and internal carotid arteries. On MR images performed at clinical manifestations of eclampsia, unilateral involvement of T2 high signal intensities were demonstrated in right cerebral hemisphere. We report this case with a literature review.