Diagnosis and Assessment of Disease Activity in Takayasu Arteritis: A Childhood Case Illustrating the Challenge

Table 2

Differential diagnosis of Takayasu Arteritis.

Classification	Subtype
Primary inflammatory vasculitides	Giant cell arteritis
	Kawasaki disease
	Polyarteritis nodosa
	Wegener’s granulomatosis disease
Secondary inflammatory vasculitides	Rheumatic fever
	Sarcoidosis
	SLE
	Behcet’s disease
	Spondyloarthropathies
Noninflammatory vascular disease	Fibromuscular dysplasia
	Congenital aortic abnormalities
	Inherited connective tissue disorders
	Neurofibromatosis
Other	Sepsis
	Malignancy
	Human immunodeficiency virus
	Syphilis
	Tuberculosis
	Radiation fibrosis