Cargando…

Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report

Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic vasculitis of medium and large vessels. The most involved vessel is the aorta and its major branches. The disease is primarily seen in young women. The described incidence of the disease ranges from 0.3 to 3.3 million per year. The vessels are characterized by...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Khadka, Arzoo, Singh, Sumi, Timilsina, Sarika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705112
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7685
_version_ 1784860189794500608
author Khadka, Arzoo
Singh, Sumi
Timilsina, Sarika
author_facet Khadka, Arzoo
Singh, Sumi
Timilsina, Sarika
author_sort Khadka, Arzoo
collection PubMed
description Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic vasculitis of medium and large vessels. The most involved vessel is the aorta and its major branches. The disease is primarily seen in young women. The described incidence of the disease ranges from 0.3 to 3.3 million per year. The vessels are characterized by mononuclear infiltration and granulomatous inflammation of vascular media, which leads to arterial wall thickening with stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysmal dilation. Here we present a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a 26-year-old woman who presented with syncope and dizziness with thickened walls of the arch of the aorta and its branches in Magnetic Resonance Imaging angiogram finding. Women of Japanese descent are not the only ones who can develop Takayasu's arteritis; it can affect anyone. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are warranted. When the disease is dormant, the outcome seems favourable.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9795136
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Journal of the Nepal Medical Association
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-97951362023-01-04 Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report Khadka, Arzoo Singh, Sumi Timilsina, Sarika JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Case Report Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic vasculitis of medium and large vessels. The most involved vessel is the aorta and its major branches. The disease is primarily seen in young women. The described incidence of the disease ranges from 0.3 to 3.3 million per year. The vessels are characterized by mononuclear infiltration and granulomatous inflammation of vascular media, which leads to arterial wall thickening with stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysmal dilation. Here we present a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a 26-year-old woman who presented with syncope and dizziness with thickened walls of the arch of the aorta and its branches in Magnetic Resonance Imaging angiogram finding. Women of Japanese descent are not the only ones who can develop Takayasu's arteritis; it can affect anyone. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are warranted. When the disease is dormant, the outcome seems favourable. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022-12 2022-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9795136/ /pubmed/36705112 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7685 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Khadka, Arzoo
Singh, Sumi
Timilsina, Sarika
Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title_full Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title_short Takayasu's Arteritis: A Case Report
title_sort takayasu's arteritis: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705112
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7685
work_keys_str_mv AT khadkaarzoo takayasusarteritisacasereport
AT singhsumi takayasusarteritisacasereport
AT timilsinasarika takayasusarteritisacasereport