Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis

Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects large vessels, predominantly the aorta and its main branches, leading to vessel wall thickening, fibrosis and stenosis. Cardiac and vascular symptoms are also commonly present at disease onset. In TA with thoracic or abdominal involvement, although murmur can be present at physical examination, the pulse difference may be ...

Neurological complication of infective endocarditis mimicking temporal arteritis.

scan showed a suprasellar SAH, extending toward pons and occipital lobes. General examination showed cardiac systolic apical murmur. Blood tests confirmed the presence of anemia (RBC 3,000,000 mm 3 , Hb 9 M ), elevation of C-reactive protein (106 M ) and fibrinogen (816 M ). Angio-CT of cerebral vessels did not show any aneurysm or vascular malformation. We decided to submit the patient to angi...

Takayasu arteritis in a young female

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. The disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. In this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in Babol, north of Iran. Case Presentation: A 22 - year old female was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of Rouhani Teaching Hospital...

Takayasu arteritis: a review.

Takayasu arteritis is a well known yet rare form of large vessel vasculitis. This review details the history, clinical features, differential diagnoses, classification, and immunology of the disorder. Suppression of inflammation and preservation of vascular competence are the aims of treatment. As with any rare disease, randomised controlled treatment trials are either lacking or based on small...

Procalcitonin in takayasu arteritis.