Arteritis de takayasu presentación de una caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis is classified as a large-vessel vasculitis because it primarily affects the aorta and its primary branches. It also shares some histologic and clinical features with giant cell (temporal) arteritis, the other major large-vessel vasculitis. Patients may present initially with constitutional symptoms but later develop symptoms associated with vascular damage.