Ischemic stroke at first presentation of Takayasu arteritis in a young
African male from Kenya, East Africa: Case report and brief literature
review.
Abstract
We present a case of a young, previously asymptomatic East-African black
male presenting with large territory ischemic infarct at first diagnosis
of Takayasu arteritis (TA). To our knowledge, this is the first
published report of a male patient in East Africa with a stroke at the
first presentation of TA.