Acute panuveitis and Takayasu's arteritis

Arch Dis Child. 2003 Oct;88(10):938-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.10.938.

Abstract

A 12 year old boy presented with severe hypertension and was diagnosed with renal artery stenosis requiring balloon angioplasty. Takayasu's arteritis was subsequently diagnosed, but he also developed acute panuveitis, an entity not previously reported in a child with this condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology
  • Male
  • Panuveitis / etiology*
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / etiology
  • Takayasu Arteritis / complications*
  • Takayasu Arteritis / diagnosis