빠른 경과의 진행성 죽상경화증과 뇌경색을 동반한 Takayasu 동맥염

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory vascular disorder causing stenosis or obstruction of the aorta and its major branches. We experienced a 65-year-old patient with TA combined with rapidly progressive atherosclerosis and cerebral infarction despite the steroid and antiplatelet therapy for the vasculitis. In this case, multifactorial causes including renovascular hypertension, obesity, old age and inflammatory processes of vasculitis may have facilitated the progression of atherosclerosis, resulting in the cerebral infarction. (Korean J Stroke 2007;9:157-160)