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A five years old girl child with Takayasu arteritis.
- Source :
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Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP [J Coll Physicians Surg Pak] 2013 Dec; Vol. 23 (12), pp. 896-8. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Takayasu arteritis is a systemic vasulitis of large vessels that mainly involves the aorta and its branches. It normally presents in third decade of life and has rarely been reported in children under 10 years of age. We report here a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 5 years old girl who presented with headache, generalized body swelling, severe hypertension, proteinuria and minimal functioning kidneys. Conventional angiography demonstrated narrowing of descending aorta, right subclavian artery and right common iliac artery. She responded steroids, diuretics, antiplatelets and digoxin and discharged home on maintenance therapy.
- Subjects :
- Aorta, Thoracic diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic pathology
Cardiotonic Agents therapeutic use
Child
Coronary Angiography
Digoxin therapeutic use
Diuretics therapeutic use
Female
Headache diagnosis
Headache drug therapy
Humans
Hypertension diagnosis
Hypertension drug therapy
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors therapeutic use
Proteinuria diagnosis
Proteinuria drug therapy
Subclavian Steal Syndrome diagnosis
Subclavian Steal Syndrome drug therapy
Takayasu Arteritis drug therapy
Treatment Outcome
Headache complications
Hypertension complications
Proteinuria complications
Subclavian Steal Syndrome complications
Takayasu Arteritis diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1681-7168
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24304997
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/12.2013/JCPSP.896898