使用免疫和抗血栓干预与大脑循环支持的塔卡亚苏关节炎的综合管理:一个案例报告
Hideo Kihara1, Takafumi Uchi1, Shingo Konno1
1Neurology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, JPN.
Cureus
|September 15, 2023
概括
塔卡亚苏动脉炎 (TA) 可能导致中风和中脑动脉狭窄的过时性缺血性发作 (TIA),即使有正常的炎症标志物. 使用托西利祖马布和甲状腺素的免疫疗法有效地控制了这种罕见的疾病.
科学领域:
- 血管神经学 血管神经学
- 类风湿病学 类风湿病学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 塔卡亚苏动脉炎 (TA) 是一种罕见的大血管血管炎.
- 大脑动脉狭窄是TA已知的并发症,导致缺血事件.
- 诊断可能具有挑战性,特别是在异常呈现时.
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