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Takayasu arteritis in a 4-year-old girl: Case report and brief overview of the pediatric literature
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics · Aralık 2012
Makale Bilgileri
DergiTurkish Journal of Pediatrics
Yayın TarihiAralık 2012
Cilt / Sayfa54 · 536-539
Scopus ID2-s2.0-84873178099
Özet
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large vessel vasculitis that involves the aorta, its major branches and pulmonary arteries. Diagnosis of TA during childhood remains challenging due to the non-specific symptoms. We report a four- year-old girl presenting with fever, fatigue, weight loss, and elbow pain who was later diagnosed as childhood TA. On admission, she had fever, hypertension, decreased pulses, bruits, hepatosplenomegaly, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein level. Computed tomography angiography showed luminal narrowing and wall thickening in ascending aorta, brachiocephalic, left common carotid and left vertebral arteries and descending aorta. Oral corticosteroid (prednisone, 2 mg/kg/day) was instituted, later followed by oral methotrexate (12.5 mg/m2/week). TA is rare in children; however, childhood TA must be considered in children who present with non-specific systemic symptoms, hypertension and increased acute phase reactants.
Yazarlar (7)
1
Ebru Aypar
2
Asli Çelebi-Tayfur
3
Melike Emiroglu
ORCID: 0000-0003-1307-0246
4
Dursun Odabas
5
Fatih Özaltin
6
Y. Paksoy
7
Seza Özen
Anahtar Kelimeler
Children
Hypertension
Takayasu arteritis
Vasculitis
Kurumlar
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Ankara Turkey
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
5
Atıf
7
Yazar
4
Anahtar Kelime