Sattar et al. (1985) reported four cases of Takayasu Arteritis in Arab women from Kuwait, Egypt and Palestine. All four patients were found to exhibit the antigens HLA-A2, A9, BW35, CW4, and DR7.

Baumgartner et al. (2005) described a 14-year-old Iraqi girl with Takayasu Arteritis. The patient had a history of fever, fatigue, malaise and diffuse pain. Imaging studies showed aortic wall thickening, aortic arch dilatation, and reduction in the luminal diameters of the abdominal aorta and both subclavian arteries.

El-Reshaid et al. (1995) carried out a study involving 13 patients with Takayasu Arteritis (TA) to describe the clinical features and other determinants of the disease in Kuwait. Renal disease, secondary to isolated involvement of the abdominal aorta was a fairly common presentation, observed in four patients. Female preponderance and association of TA with other autoimmune diseases and primary hypercoagulable states, seen in other populations, was noted to be inconsonant with this patient group.

[See also: Egypt > Sattar et al. (1985)].

Atallah et al. (1998) reported on a series of 42 renal artery stenosis treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) from January 1988 to June 1996. Among the 33 patients described, one patient had Takayasu arteritis.

[See also: Egypt > Sattar et al. (1985)].

Ben Zineb et al. (1992) described a pregnant woman with Takayasu's arteritis and Crohn's disease.

Almotarreb and Alabsi (2004) described a 29-year old man with Takayasu Arteritis (TA). This was the first reported case of TA diagnosed together with rheumatic heart disease in Yemen.

[Almotarreb A, Alabsi M. Takayasu's arteritis and rheumatic heart disease. Heart Views. 2004; 5(1):24-5.]