Abdominal Takayasu Aorta Arteritis

A 19 years old girl came to A.J Hospital at 3am with complaints of severe right hypochondriac pain abdomen since 2 days and got aggravated since 2 hours with 3 episodes of vomiting. She had one year back medical history of abdominal takayasu aorta arteritis.She was under treatment of Steroids and H₂ blockers.In the last one year, her condition worsens over time suddenly with 2 episodes of emergency hospital admission with complaints of night sweats, severe headache with vomiting along with dyspnoea and unbearable right hypochondriac pain abdomen. Her recent pathology report shows high epithelial cells and hematological report shows high RBC- erythrocyte count (6-15 million/cumm) and decreased mean corpuscular value (67.2fL).She had no family history of such disease condition. She was diagnosed as abdominal takayasu aorta arteritis. Received on 21.08.2015 Modified on 24.08.2015 Accepted on 01.09.2015 © A&V Publication all right reserved Int. J. Adv. Nur. Management 3(4): Oct. - Dec. 2015; Page 385-388 DOI: 10.5958/2454-2652.2015.00041.4 Complete occlusion of the left common carotid artery and a narrowed small vessel with subsequent aneurismal dilation on the right side.