DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i04.015

Pages: 358-359

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a systemic vasculitis typically occurring in young female patients, and still of unknown etiology. This vasculitis rarely coexists with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the observation of a 45-year-old patient diagnosed with TAwho presented with upper extremity ischemia and wall thickening with a good response to the association of methotrexateand corticosteroids. Five years later, she presented with bilateral inflammatory arthralgia of the middle joints with malar rash. Biological assessment showed lymphopenia, positive anti-nuclear antibodies at 1/1280 with a homogeneous florescence, positive anti-dsDNA and proteinuria at 4.3g/day. The diagnosis of SLEassociated with TA was established.