Takayasu's arteritis-associated aneurysm formation without steno-occlusivelesions

The authors report a case of a 20-year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) presenting with recurrent erythema nodosum-like lesions, elevated acut e-phase proteins and aortographic findings of multiple aneurysmal dilatatio ns of the aorta without the coexistence of steno-occlusive lesions. This fi nding indicates that aneurysms could be an early manifestation of TA and no t necessarily a change secondary to stenotic lesions.