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[Clinical aspects of Takayasu's disease: apropos of 4 cases]
Dakar Medical
|January 1, 1994
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Four Takayasu
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Vascular Surgery
Background:
- Takayasu's arteritis is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease affecting large arteries.
- It primarily impacts the aorta and its branches, leading to stenosis, occlusion, or aneurysms.
- Early diagnosis and management are crucial to prevent severe complications.
Abstract:
We reported four cases of Takayasu's arteritis cases. Hypertension in only one arm was found in three of them. The other one were a reversed coarctation of the aorta. Diagnosis was made by clinical examination, vascular Doppler Echography, and, in one case, arteriography. Thus, were examined the etiology of this disease, it might probably due to tuberculosis, the outcome and therapy problems at the occlusive stage.