Abdominal angina: an unusual presentation of Takayasu's arteritis

AbstractA 3-year-old boy developed acute pulmonary edema following 6 months of recurrent fevers and thrombocytosis. Echocardiography demonstrated moderate-to-severe insufficiency of both mitral and aortic valves. Angiography and intravascular ultrasound were used to diagnose this unusual presentation of Takayasu's arteritis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first histological demonstration of acute and chronic inflammatory changes in the mitral valve in these circumstances.

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TYPE I TAKAYASU’S ARTERITIS: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION IN YOUNG FEMALE CHILD

Indian Journal of Child Health ◽

10.32677/ijch.2014.v01.i02.012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 01 (02) ◽

pp. 84-87

Author(s):

B B Sharma ◽

Shashi Sharma ◽

Sandeep Sharma ◽

Swapndeep Singh Atwal ◽

Shweta Sharma

Keyword(s):

Takayasu’S Arteritis ◽

Female Child ◽

Young Female ◽

Unusual Presentation ◽

Type I ◽

Takayasu's Arteritis

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Takayasu's arteritis: an unusual presentation of a rare disease

International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences ◽

10.5958/2319-5886.2015.00046.6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 251

Author(s):

Jivesh Mittal

Keyword(s):

Rare Disease ◽

Takayasu’S Arteritis ◽

Unusual Presentation ◽

Takayasu's Arteritis

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Unusual presentation of Takayasu's arteritis with cardiac involvement and renal artery stenosis

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine ◽

10.4103/rcm.rcm_21_18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 207

Author(s):

Maryam Aliramezany ◽

Zahra Khajali ◽

Farzaneh Futuhi ◽

Parham Sadeghipour ◽

Maedeh Arabian

Keyword(s):

Renal Artery ◽

Renal Artery Stenosis ◽

Cardiac Involvement ◽

Takayasu’S Arteritis ◽

Artery Stenosis ◽

Unusual Presentation ◽

Takayasu's Arteritis

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Histological verification of non-specific aorta-arteritis (Takayasu's arteritis) using percutaneous transluminal atherectomy

VASA ◽

10.1024/0301-1526.33.4.247 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 247-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Zeller ◽

Koch ◽

Frank ◽

Bürgelin ◽

Schwarzwälder ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clinical Diagnosis ◽

Axillary Artery ◽

Takayasu’S Arteritis ◽

Giant Cells ◽

Interventional Therapy ◽

Takayasu's Arteritis ◽

New Device ◽

First Case ◽

Anti Inflammatory ◽

Percutaneous Transluminal

Diagnosis of non-specific aorto-arteritis (NSAA, Takaysu's arteritis) is typically based on clinical and investigational parameters. We report here about two patients with clinically suspected diagnosis of a Takayasu's arteritis already under anti-inflammatory therapy in whom percutaneous transluminal atherectomy of subclavian and axillary artery stenoses was performed to relief the patients from symptoms – intermittent dyspraxia of the arms – and to verify the clinical diagnosis by histology. In the first case aorto-arteritis could be histologically confirmed through the analysis of plaque material including media structures excised from the subclavian and axillary arteries using a new device for atherectomy. The biopsy showed diffuse inflammation and granulomatous lesions with giant cells typically for Takayasu's disease. In the second patient, biopsy showed no acute or chronic inflammatory signs but only atherosclerotic lesions. Percutaneous transluminal atherectomy is therefore not only an interventional but also a diagnostic tool and should be used in every case of interventional therapy of suspected aorto-arteritis to make the clinical diagnosis and as a major consequence the initiation of an aggressive anti-inflammatory medical therapy more reliable.

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