Twenty-Year-Old Female with Takayasu Arteritis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Takayasu arteritis is a rare, large-vessel vasculitis of unknown aetiology, typically affecting young women.It occurs most often in the Asian population.The overall rate is 2.6 per million inhabitants.A relationship between Takayasu arteritis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been suggested for a long time, but only a few case report have been done centering on this association.We report a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 20-year-old female revealed by thickness of common carotid artery and then pulmonary tuberculosis appeared after treatment by corticosteroid.