Takayasu's arteritis associated with intrarenal vessel involvement

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory process frequently associated with stenosis and obliteration of the aorta and its primary branches. Renal manifestations of the disease include renal artery stenosis, hypertension, and ischemic kidney disease. To our knowledge, vasculitis involving intrar enal arteries has not been reported in association with TA, We report a cas e with clinical and arteriographic features of TA associated with involveme nt of intrarenal vessels. (C) 2000 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.