A rare case of childhood arteritis

Takayasu's arteritis (ta) is a chronic,progressive,autoimmune,idiopathic,large-vessel vasculitis that usually affects young adult females. the disease has been reported to occur in all races and ethnicities. the diffuse nature of this disease can affect multiple-organ systems to varying degrees. herein,we report the case of a nine year old child who presented with diarrhea,vomiting,loss of weight and weakness. due to her initial presentation and lab investigations,she was started on antituberculous therapy. during further investigations she was diagnosed to be suffering from takayasu's arteritis. after one year of ongoing treatment and follow-up,she displayed marked resolution in disease process affecting abdominal aorta and its main terminal branches. we discuss a possible relationship between takayasu's arteritis and both latent and active tuberculosis which was first pointed out in 1948 by shimizu and sano.