A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain and Fever of Unknown Origin: Takayasu Arteritis

• Main Authors: Özlem Üzüm (Author), Muhammed Ali Kanık (Author), Kader Vardı (Author), Yeliz Pekçevik (Author), Kayı Eliaçık (Author), Belde Kasap Demir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Publishing House, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fever of unknown origin has three most common etiologic categories in children; infectious diseases, connective tissue diseases, and neoplasms. Takayasu arteritis is a chronic vasculitis involving the large vessels, which generally presents with clinical features of vascular sequelae such as abdomin...