TAKAYASUS DISEASE-ASSOCIATED WITH ULCERATIVE-COLITIS

A 14-year-old female with ulcerative colitis developed right anterior cervical pain and high fever. Cervical contrast-enhanced computed tomo graphy (CE-CT) showed a mall thickness of the right common carotid art ery which suggested aortitis. Her pulmonary angiography demonstrated a narrowing of the pulmonary arteries and she was diagnosed as having T akayasu's disease associated with ulcerative colitis. HLA analysis sho wed Bw52 and DR2 haplotype, which is frequently found in patients with Takayasu's disease associated with ulcerative colitis.