Takayasu Arteritis: A 4-year-old girl presenting with Heart Failure - Case Report and Literature Review

Takayasu Arteritis: A 4-year-old girl presenting with Heart Failure - Case Report and Literature Review

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic idiopathic large vessel vasculitis. TA during childhood remains a diagnostic challange due to the non-specific symptoms. Here we report a four year- old girl presenting with features of heart failure and later diagnosed as a case of childhood TA along with associ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric sciences 2014-06, Vol.6
Hauptverfasser: Das, Amit, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Mundhra, Nitu, Patra, Chaitali, Sarkar, Shatanik, Ghosh, Nilanjan, Roy, Shabarna
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiology
Pediatrics
Rheumatology
Takayasu arteritis, vasculitis, heart failure
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Zusammenfassung:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic idiopathic large vessel vasculitis. TA during childhood remains a diagnostic challange due to the non-specific symptoms. Here we report a four year- old girl presenting with features of heart failure and later diagnosed as a case of childhood TA along with associated myocarditis. Though TA is rare in children, it must be considered in the differential diagnoses of children who present with heart failure.
ISSN:1309-1247
1309-1247
DOI:10.17334/jps.37810