Introduction:

Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous inflammation of the aorta and its main branches of unknown etiology that most often affects women of childbearing age.

Case report:

a female of 47 years old, in whom the diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis was reached, debuted with joint pain at the level of both hips, making it impossible to walk; after seven days, she presented left hemiplegia and a period of five days, presented obstruction of multiple arteries, including carotid, middle cerebral, brachial, radial, and tibial, requiring amputation at the level of the right forearm, with a torpid evolution in the postoperative period with multiple arterial obstructions. Passing away.

Conclusion:

fulminant presentation of Takayasu arteritis has been reported in childhood; its description in adults is exceptional.