INTRODUCTION
Takayasu arteritis (TA), first reported by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu, is a chronic inflammatory disease of medium and large arteries of unknown etiology. A higher prevalence of this disease is seen in Asian countries such as Japan and India and South America, the regional predilection also reflects in the presentation of the disease [1]. It has female preponderance and manifests mostly in the second to third decade. Patients initially present with constitutional symptoms but later progress to develop symptoms related to vascular damage.
A majority of the population affected by the disease are women of childbearing age, and the interplay between vasculitis such as TA, and pregnancy becomes an area of attention. Studies have reported poor obstetric outcomes in patients with TA, with the most common complication being hypertension [2]. On the other hand, due to TA’s tardy diagnosis women conceive without being aware of their condition [3]. Here, we describe a case of a 29-year-old pregnant woman who presented for safe confinement at the 40th week of gestation with an uneventful antepartum period, when TA was incidentally diagnosed.