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An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an autoimmune vasculitis with unknown etiology. It can have varied presentations ranging from nonspecific symptoms to florid vasculitic symptoms. Awareness of the complications of this disease is also vital in managing patients who are already diagnosed with TA. We present...
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10685052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38034186 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47944 |
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author | Augustine, Jolsana Harriss, Mohammed Satyanarayanan, Yogeeswari |
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description | Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an autoimmune vasculitis with unknown etiology. It can have varied presentations ranging from nonspecific symptoms to florid vasculitic symptoms. Awareness of the complications of this disease is also vital in managing patients who are already diagnosed with TA. We present the interesting case of a middle-aged woman, diagnosed case of TA who presented with an acute pulmonary embolism masquerading as an acute lower respiratory infection. Delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of acute major thromboembolism can be fatal. There needs to be a high index of suspicion from the clinician's end to reach a diagnosis and prompt intervention. |
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spelling | pubmed-106850522023-11-30 An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism Augustine, Jolsana Harriss, Mohammed Satyanarayanan, Yogeeswari Cureus Cardiology Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an autoimmune vasculitis with unknown etiology. It can have varied presentations ranging from nonspecific symptoms to florid vasculitic symptoms. Awareness of the complications of this disease is also vital in managing patients who are already diagnosed with TA. We present the interesting case of a middle-aged woman, diagnosed case of TA who presented with an acute pulmonary embolism masquerading as an acute lower respiratory infection. Delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of acute major thromboembolism can be fatal. There needs to be a high index of suspicion from the clinician's end to reach a diagnosis and prompt intervention. Cureus 2023-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10685052/ /pubmed/38034186 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47944 Text en Copyright © 2023, Augustine et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Augustine, Jolsana Harriss, Mohammed Satyanarayanan, Yogeeswari An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title | An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title_full | An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title_fullStr | An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title_full_unstemmed | An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title_short | An Interesting Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Thromboembolism |
title_sort | interesting case of takayasu arteritis with acute bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10685052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38034186 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47944 |
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