<prompt> Which of the following is abdominal angitisGiant cell ahritisTakayasu aeritisKawasaki diseasesPolyaeritis nodosa  <response>: Refer robbins 9e p506 Takayasu aeritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory large-vessel vasculitis of unknown etiology that most commonly affects women of childbearing age. It is defined as granulomatous inflammation of the aoa and its major branches by the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitis. 