Stroke as the initial manifestation of Takayasu’s arteritis: a Case report
Keywords:
Takayasu’s Arteritis, Stroke, Arteritis
Abstract
Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic inflammatory and stenotic disease of medium and large sized arteries. We report clinical, laboratory and imaging findings of a 23 year old girl who presented with history of sudden onset of left hemiparesis.,absent bilateral upper limb and right carotid pulsations, an elevated ESR of 58 mm at 1 hour. C-reactive protein level of 34.9 mg/L.Imaging studies showed non hemmorhagic acute infarct in territory of right MCA, concentric wall thickening and resultant stenosis of most of the branches of aortic arch. The diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis was made and was put on steroids and anticoagulants. Patient showed a good clinical response.
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14. Subramanyan R, Joy J, Balakrishna KJ. Natural history of aorto-arteritis. Circulation.1989;80:429–37.
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2014.i04.24
Published: 2014-08-31
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Kumar Gupta A, Chaturvedi D, Mehrotra Y, Trivedi HH. Stroke as the initial manifestation of Takayasu’s arteritis: a Case report. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2014Aug.31 [cited 2024Dec.22];2(4):397-02. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/127
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