SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF MESENTERIC INFARCTION, THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM, AND PROPER HEPATIC ANEURYSM IN A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WITH TAKAYASUS-ARTERITIS

Although Takayasu's arteritis may present a wide variety of signs and symptoms depending on the vessel affected, it is rarely associated wit h acute abdomen requiring emergency laparotomy. We report a case of Ta kayasu's arteritis that required several surgical interventions for me senteric infarction, thoracoabdominal aneurysm, and proper hepatic art ery aneurysm, all of which were noted in succession within a 1-year pe riod. This is also the first report, to our knowledge, of a hepatic ar tery aneurysm caused by Takayasu's arteritis.