Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association?

BACKGROUND: Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) has been associated with many conditions. Herein described is a case of TA in a patient with rheumatic fever complicated with Sydenham’s chorea. CASE REPORT: A 17-year-old female presented at age 6 with rheumatic fever followed by chorea a month later. At the ag...

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Autores principales: Vale, Thiago Cardoso, Maciel, Ricardo Oliveira Horta, Maia, Débora, Beato, Rogério, Cardoso, Francisco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439787
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Maciel, Ricardo Oliveira Horta
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Beato, Rogério
Cardoso, Francisco
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description BACKGROUND: Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) has been associated with many conditions. Herein described is a case of TA in a patient with rheumatic fever complicated with Sydenham’s chorea. CASE REPORT: A 17-year-old female presented at age 6 with rheumatic fever followed by chorea a month later. At the age of 16, she developed a blood pressure discrepancy between the arms and faint pulses. Computed tomography angiography revealed diffuse aortic involvement and narrowing of the arteries. DISCUSSION: The presence of rheumatic fever and Sydenham’s chorea in TA raises the possibility of an immunological basis for the pathogenesis of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-35698972013-02-25 Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association? Vale, Thiago Cardoso Maciel, Ricardo Oliveira Horta Maia, Débora Beato, Rogério Cardoso, Francisco Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Case Report BACKGROUND: Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) has been associated with many conditions. Herein described is a case of TA in a patient with rheumatic fever complicated with Sydenham’s chorea. CASE REPORT: A 17-year-old female presented at age 6 with rheumatic fever followed by chorea a month later. At the age of 16, she developed a blood pressure discrepancy between the arms and faint pulses. Computed tomography angiography revealed diffuse aortic involvement and narrowing of the arteries. DISCUSSION: The presence of rheumatic fever and Sydenham’s chorea in TA raises the possibility of an immunological basis for the pathogenesis of the disease. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2012-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3569897/ /pubmed/23439787 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommerical–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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Cardoso, Francisco
Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association?
title Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association?
title_full Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association?
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title_short Takayasu’s Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham’s Chorea: is There an Association?
title_sort takayasu’s arteritis in a patient with sydenham’s chorea: is there an association?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439787
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