Takayasu Arteritis

  • Rare; Young F; Japan
  • Vasculitis of aorta and aortic branches
    • HTN, CHF, arrhythmias, stroke, seizures
  • Constitutional symptoms during early phase
  • Skin findings in 15-20%
    • Erythema nodosum like nodules
    • Erythema induratum
    • Pyoderma gangrenosum-like lesions
    • Granulomatous vasculitis