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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, C Jayasinghe Anusha, D Dias Lalindra, Kulatunga Aruna   +3 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, Yoon Jung Suh, Ji Seok Bang, Bo Sang Kwon, Gi Beom Kim, Eun Jung Bae, Woong Han Kim, Chung Il Noh   +7 more
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Regressed coronary ostial stenosis in a young female with Takayasu arteritis: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019
Background Takayasu arteritis is a rare systemic vasculitis, which affects the aorta and its major branches, especially in young females. Diagnosis and treatment for Takayasu arteritis with coronary stenosis are important to prevent fatal complications ...
Tetsuro Yokokawa, Hiroyuki Kunii, Takashi Kaneshiro, Shohei Ichimura, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Makiko Yashiro Furuya, Tomoyuki Asano, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Takafumi Ishida, Kiyoshi Migita, Yasuchika Takeishi   +10 more
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An unusual collateral from the sinoatrial nodal artery to the left carotid artery in a patient with Takayasu arteritis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Takayasu arteritis is a noninfective chronic vasculitis mainly involving the aorta and its main branches. The presentation of the disease is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to catastrophic illness.
Marcel A. Beijk, R. Nils Planken
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Takayasu arteritis: clinical importance of extra-vessel uptake on FDG PET/CT

European Journal of Hybrid Imaging, 2019
Background [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography is routinely used for assessing Takayasu arteritis patients. However, extra-vessel [F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake has not been evaluated in detail in these patients. We
Junichi Tsuchiya, Daisuke Tezuka, Yasuhiro Maejima, Hyeyeol Bae, Takumi Oshima, Tomohiro Yoneyama, Kenzo Hirao, Mitsuaki Isobe, Ukihide Tateishi   +8 more
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A Multifaceted Interplay Among Hemophagocytosis, Interleukin‐18, and Type I Interferon Distinguishes Still Disease From Other Autoinflammatory Diseases

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective The unknown pathophysiology and the lack of specific features for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult‐onset Still disease (collectively known as Still disease; SD) delay diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The goal of this study was to identify features and mechanisms that distinguish SD from other systemic autoinflammatory ...
Yvonne M. Mueller, Charlotte Girard, Harmen J. G. van de Werken, Stefan J. Erkeland, Dwin G. B. Grashof, Laurie Vaillant, Renske J. H. den Dekker, Iris van Zuijen, Sharon Veenbergen, Fanny Coffin, Eric Bindels, Yvan Jamilloux, Katerina Laskari, Vassili Soumelis, Bruno Fautrel, Cem Gabay, Peter D. Katsikis   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effective Performance of the 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria for Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis in Pediatric Patients: An ARChiVe Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To assess the 2022 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/EULAR classification criteria for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis (AAV) in children with chronic small‐to‐medium vessel vasculitis. Methods A cohort of 574 patients, identified by physician's diagnosis (MD‐diagnosis) in A Registry of Childhood Vasculitis, was ...
David A. Cabral, Else S. Bosman, Nick McPhate, Simranpreet K. Mann, Kirandeep K. Toor, Kimberly A. Morishita, Raashid Luqmani, Michael W. Beresford, James Bistolarides, Sarah Campillo, Sirirat Charuvanij, Kathryn Cook, Paul Dancey, Marietta de Guzman, Samundeeswari Deepak, Barbara Eberhard, Melissa Elder, Samuel Gagne, Katie Harrison, Adam Huber, Archana Khan, Susan Kim, Marisa S. Klein‐Gitelman, Tzielan C. Lee, Suzanne C. Li, Neil Martin, Flora McErlane, L. Nandini Moorthy, Alvaro H. Orjuela, Jonathan Park, Phil Riley, Alan M. Rosenberg, Susan Shenoi, Vidya Sivaraman, Sodality Sutnga, Tamara Tanner, Stacey E. Tarvin, Marinka Twilt, Linda Wagner‐Weiner, Rae S. M. Yeung, Kelly L. Brown, for the ARChiVe Investigators Network within the PedVas Initiative   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recurrent Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Takayasu Arteritis in an Adolescent: A Case Report and Literature Review

Prague Medical Report
Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis, characterized by granulomatous inflammation of arterial vessels, that typically affects the aorta, its main branches and pulmonary arteries.
Vasiliki Sgouropoulou, Efthymia Vargiami, Maria Kyriazi, Sofia Kafterani, Stella Stabouli, Georgios Tsigaras, Athanasia Anastasiou, Maria Trachana, Dimitrios Zafeiriou   +8 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman, Erik M. Donker, Jelle Tichelaar, on behalf of the CP4T programme   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Takayasu arteritis presenting as cerebral aneurysms in an 18 month old: A case report

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2008
Background Central nervous system involvement occurs in as many as twenty percent of Takayasu arteritis cases. When central nervous system disease is present, it typically manifests as cerebral ischemia or stroke.
Finkel Terri H, Pollock Avrum N, Corao Diana A, Weiss Pamela F, Smith Sabrina E   +4 more
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