Ulcerative Colitis Associated with Takayasu's Disease

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 127 - 129
• Main Authors: OYANAGI, Hironobu, ISHIHATA, Ryoichi, ISHIKAWA, Hidemasa, SUZUKI, Shuzo, KONDO, Yuichiro, MIYATA, Masayuki, OBARA, Katsutoshi, NISHIMAKI, Tomoe, KASUKAWA, Reiji, TANNO, Yoshihiro, YAMAMOTO, Teiji, KODAMA, Namio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 1994; Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Colitis, Ulcerative - complications; Colitis, Ulcerative - epidemiology; Colitis, Ulcerative - genetics; Comorbidity; contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT); Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; HLA-A Antigens - analysis; HLA-A24; HLA-A24 Antigen; HLA-B Antigens - analysis; HLA-B52 Antigen; HLA-BW52; HLA-DR2 Antigen - analysis; Humans; Iritis - complications; Iritis - genetics; Japan - epidemiology; Medical sciences; Other diseases. Semiology; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Takayasu Arteritis - complications; Takayasu Arteritis - epidemiology; Takayasu Arteritis - genetics; Takayasu's disease; ulcerative colitis; Japan; Case study; Human; Arteriopathy; Concomitant disease; Cardiovascular disease; Digestive diseases; Colon; Takayashu arteritis; Ulcerative colitis
• ISSN: 0918-2918; 1349-7235
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.33.127

A 25-year-old Japanese woman had both ulcerative colitis and Takayasu's disease and was positive for HLA-A24, BW52, and DR2. She was found to have thickening of the wall of the carotid artery on contrast-enhanced computerized tomography of the neck and chest. Prednisolone, beraprost, and sulfapyridine achieved rapid remission of both diseases. (Internal Medicine 33:127-129, 1994)