A Five Years Old Girl Child with Takayasu Arteritis | [Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP • 2013]

Author(s):

1. Shahid Mahmud: Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.

2. Syed Awais Ul Hassan Shah: Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital,Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

3. Syed Qamar Zaman: Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.

4. Salman Ali: Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.

Abstract:

Takayasu arteritis is a systemic vasulitis of large vessels that mainly involves the aorta and its branches. It normally presents in third decade of life and has rarely been reported in children under 10 years of age. We report here a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 5 years old girl who presented with headache, generalized body swelling, severe hypertension, proteinuria and minimal functioning kidneys. Conventional angiography demonstrated narrowing of descending aorta, right subclavian artery and right common iliac artery. She responded steroids, diuretics, antiplatelets and digoxin and discharged home on maintenance therapy.

Page(s): 896-898

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 23, Issue: 12, Year: 2013

Keywords:

Hypertension , Headache , Conventional angiography , Takayasu arteritis , Descending aortic , Subclavian artery stenosis , Common iliac artery stenosis

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