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Takayasu arteritis with pyoderma gangrenosum: case reports and literature review
BMC Rheumatology, 2019 Background Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic inflammatory arteriopathy affecting mainly the aorta and its branches. Many skin manifestations have been reported in association with this disease.
Xuehan Zhang, Yang Jiao
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Malignant Ischemic Stroke in a Young Female: A Rare Primary Manifestation of Takayasu Arteritis
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2019 Takayasu arteritis is a rare chronic progressive granulomatous necrotizing large vessel panvasculitis mainly involving aorta and its main branches. It commonly affects the female in second to third decades.
Bhupendra Shah, Roshan Chhetri
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Management of Spontaneous Crystalline Lens Luxation in a Patient Diagnosed with Takayasu’s Disease
Diagnostics, 2023 Takayasu’s disease is a chronic granulomatous arteriopathy that affects large vessels and their major branches. Nonspecific symptoms characterize the early phase, whereas findings of arterial occlusion and aneurysmal formation become manifest later ...
Elvia Mastrogiuseppe +5 more
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Abnormal molecular response to Takayasu arteritis causing extensive large-vessel calcification
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2016 Takayasu arteritis is a large-vessel vasculitis that often results in pulselessness due to fibrotic stenoses. Whereas minor calcification is sometimes seen with Takayasu arteritis, it rarely causes stenosis.
Brandon T. Garland, MD +5 more
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Typhoid-associated acute kidney injury masquerading as a relapse of Takayasu arteritis
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2017 Renal dysfunction is common in Takayasu arteritis. Uncommonly, renal failure in a case of Takayasu arteritis can be due to an unrelated disease, and if the disease is a rare complication, it is even more difficult to diagnose.
Revanasiddappa Manjunath +5 more
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The angiographic and clinical profile of patients with Takayasu aortoarteritis
Heart Vessels and Transplantation, 2023 Objective: Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic, inflammatory disease that primarily affects the aorta and its major branches. It mainly affects young females, and it can cause significant morbidity and mortality if untreated.
Jitendra Sharma +7 more
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Aortic valve replacement surgery for a case of infantile Takayasu arteritis [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2012 Takayasu arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology primarily affecting the aorta and its major branches and usually occurring in the second or third decade of life.
Hye Won Kwon +7 more
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Bronchiectasis and hoarseness of voice in takayasu arteritis: a rare presentation
BMC Research Notes, 2012 Background Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis occurring in young females. We report a rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis in a Sri Lankan woman.
ND Perera Gamage +3 more
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Procalcitonin in Takayasu Arteritis [PDF]
The Journal of Rheumatology, 2014 To the Editor: Procalcitonin (PCT) is an acute-phase protein, a precursor of the hormone calcitonin1. Microbial constituents and proinflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and interferon-γ induce ubiquitous PCT expression during bacterial, parasitic, or fungal infections1,2.
Tombetti, Enrico +8 more
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Takayasu arteritis in children [PDF]
Pediatric Rheumatology, 2008 Abstract Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large vessel vasculitis that usually affects young female patients during the second and third decades of life, but has been reported in children as young as 24 months of age. Aim of this report was to describe four children (two girls) with TA, as well as summarizing main published studies.
Yalcinkaya, Fatos +14 more
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