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.