학술논문
A rare life-threatening presentation of Takayasu arteritis.
Document Type
Case Study
Source
Subject
*TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis
*ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
*FEVER
*PREDNISOLONE
*CARDIOMYOPATHIES
*STEROIDS
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
*MYCOPHENOLIC acid
*TAKAYASU arteritis
*CATASTROPHIC illness
*WEIGHT loss
*CHEST pain
*CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
*COMPUTED tomography
*RARE diseases
*DRUG administration
*DRUG dosage
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ISSN
1462-0324
Abstract
The article describes the case of life-threatening Takayasu arteritis in a 22-year-old woman from India. Topics discussed include the medical history of the patient such as one-month history of fever, weight loss, left arm claudication, central chest pain and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, complication posed by inflammatory myocarditis to the patient, and use of prednisolone and cyclophosphamide in treating life-threatening disease in Takayasu arteritis.