Which of the following is abdominal angitis: (A) Giant cell ahritis, (B) Takayasu aeritis, (C) Kawasaki diseases, (D) Polyaeritis nodosa
Answer is B. Refer robbins 9/e p506 Takayasu aeritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology that most commonly affects women of childbearing age. It is defined as "granulomatous inflammation of the aoa and its major branches" by the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitis.