Complete ophthalmoplegia, complete ptosis and dilated pupil due to internal carotid artery dissection: as the first manifestation of Takayasu arteritis

BACKGROUND: Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its primary branches. As the disease progresses, the active inflammation of large vessels leads to dilation, narrowing and occlusion of the arteries. Arterial dissection is due to separation of the laye...

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Autores principales: Herath, H. M. M. T. B., Pahalagamage, S. P., Withana, D., Senanayake, Sunethra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0638-7

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