Gastrointestinal Radiology

, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 53–55 | Cite as

Arteritis associated with Crohn's disease

  • Robin Gray
  • Harold Newman
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Abstract

We report the case of a 27-year-old white woman with Crohn's disease associated with brachial artery occlusion. Only 2 similar cases of Takayasu-like disease in young women with Crohn's disease were noted in the English literature.

Key words

Crohn's disease, complications Arteritis, brachial 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robin Gray
    • 1
  • Harold Newman
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of RadiologyWellesley Hospital and University of TorontoTorontoCanada
  2. 2.Department of RadiologyHumber Memorial HospitalTorontoCanada

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