Takayasu Arteritis: A Case Presenting With Neurological Symptoms and Proteinuria

Fatma AYDIN1, Banu ACAR1, Nermin UNCU1, Özge BAŞARAN1, Elçin ADALET YILDIZ2, Alev GÜVEN3, Nilgün ÇAKAR4

1Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Pediatric Radiology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara Child Health, Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
4Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Keywords: Glomerulonephritis; neurologic manifestations; proteinuria, stroke, Takayasu arteritis

Abstract

In this article, we present an 18-year-old female patient who was initially diagnosed as central nervous system vasculitis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis but later diagnosed as Takayasu arteritis.

Citation: Aydın F, Acar B, Uncu N, Başaran Ö, Adalet Yıldız E, Güven A, et al. Takayasu Arteritis: A Case Presenting With Neurological Symptoms and Proteinuria. Arch Rheumatol 2020;35(2):287-291.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

Financial Disclosure

The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.