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Takayasu disease with predominant pulmonary involvement
S Elsasser1, M Solèr, C Bolliger
1Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. s.elsasser@sro.ch
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis with predominant pulmonary involvement, which led eventually to complete obliteration of the right pulmonary artery. Subsequently, cavitation and chronic inflammation developed in the nonperfused right lung. A right pneumonectomy was performed to control the infectious process, leading to functional improvement and better control of the underlying immunologic disorder.