Takayasu arteritis presenting as bowel gangrene: An unusual initial presentation

Takayasu arteritis presenting as bowel gangrene: An unusual initial presentation

A 24-year-old lady presented to the emergency department with severe generalized abdominal pain and hematochezia of 2 days. Examination revealed absent bilateral radial, brachial, and carotid pulses. Rest of the peripheral pulses were normal. A bruit was heard over bilateral carotid, subclavian, and...

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Main Authors: Richa Dewan, Subramanian Anuradha, Prayas Sethi, Pranav Ish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences
Subjects:
Mesenteric ischemia
takayasu arteritis (TA)
bowel gangrene
Online Access:http://www.amhsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2321-4848;year=2016;volume=4;issue=1;spage=85;epage=88;aulast=Dewan

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