Crohn’s disease and Takayasu’s arteritis : an unusual association

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown origin and pathogenesis characterized by focal or diffuse inflammation of the alimentary tract. Extraintestinal manifestations invclude the skin, joints, eyes, hepatobiliary, and genitourinary systems. Vascular implications have rarely been reported and include:thromboembolic disease, polyarteritis nodosa, and large vessel disease. Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic idiopatie disorder of young women occurring in the aortic arch and/or its main branches