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ABSTRACT Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its branches. It has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and lacks specific diagnostic markers. Here we present a case of a 30‐year‐old female with isolated aortic regurgitation who presented with constitutional symptoms.
Tshering Penjor +5 more
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A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain and Fever of Unknown Origin: Takayasu Arteritis
Fever of unknown origin has three most common etiologic categories in children; infectious diseases, connective tissue diseases, and neoplasms. Takayasu arteritis is a chronic vasculitis involving the large vessels, which generally presents with clinical
Özlem Üzüm +5 more
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ABSTRACT Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare large‐vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its major branches. Although autoimmune mechanisms are central, prior mycobacterial infections have been hypothesized to contribute to the disease onset. A 55‐year‐old South Asian woman with a history of vitiligo and treated multibacillary leprosy presented with
Ujjawal Bhattarai +7 more
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The value of [18F]FDG-PET in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of activity and extent of disease [PDF]
Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG-PET) in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and the assessment of activity and extent of disease.
Melzer, Ralph +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), including vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic sclerosis (SSc), idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), spondyloarthritis (SpA), Sjogrens disease (SjD) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), are rare but associated with substantial ...
L. Roper +6 more
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Imaging infection and inflammation [PDF]
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A. W., Glaudemans +3 more
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Antiphospholipid antibody-positive Takayasu arteritis: a case report and literature review
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical features of antiphospholipid antibody-positive Takayasu arteritis and to enhance the awareness of its diagnosis and treatment.MethodsThe clinical features and imaging data of one patient with antiphospholipid antibody-
Wang Ding-ding +7 more
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ABSTRACT In this study, we investigated the applicability of the ankle–brachial index (ABI) and brachial–ankle index (BAI) in distinguishing aortic stenosis (AS) from lower‐extremity arterial stenosis. The difference between the ABI on both sides (∆ABI) was defined as the absolute value of the left ABI minus the right ABI. Lower BAI (L‐BAI) was defined
Qian Wang +4 more
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True aneurysm of the peripheral pulmonary artery due to necrotizing giant cell arteritis [PDF]
Pulmonary artery aneurysm in adults is a rare diagnosis. Most cases described in the literature are either associated with congenital heart disease or pulmonal arterial hypertension, respectively, or are not true aneurysms but rather pseudoaneurysms ...
Gebhart, Florin T.F. +3 more
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Complicação urológica após enxerto aorto-ilíaco: relato de caso e revisão de literatura [PDF]
CONTEXT: Ureteral stenosis and ureterohydronephrosis may be serious complications of aortoiliac or aortofemoral reconstructive surgery. CASE REPORT: A 62-year-old female patient presented with a six-month history of left lumbar pain.
BORGES, Leonardo Lima +4 more
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