Aortitis syndrome associated with ulcerative colitis.

Abstract

Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Medicine, Keio University * Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Keio University The authors experienced one case of aortitis syndrome associated with ulcerative colitis. The coexistence of these two 1~ 2 entities in the same patient is very rare. In Japan only two cases have been reported since the first description of aortitis syndrome by Takayasu3 in 1908. In Europe and the United States only one case of aortitis syndrome has been reported in which ulcerative colitis was described as the past history.4 4