Takayasu Arteritis Presenting as Renal Failure in 8 year old female child

Takayasu arteritis also known as Aortic Arch Syndrome or Pulseless disease is an uncommon condition mainly affecting aorta and its branches. It is chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause, so also called as non- specific aortoarteritis. Though it is rarely seen in children, I am hereby presenting a case of 8 year old girl presenting with constitutional symptoms, claudication of lower limbs, anasarca altered sensorium and decreased urinary output.