Abstract

VARGAS-SANABRIA, Maikel  and  VALERIO-HERNANDEZ, Mayela. Arteritis de Takayasu de evolución fulminante en una paciente pediátrica. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2007, vol.49, n.3, pp.163-166. ISSN 0001-6002.

Abstract We present the case of a previously healthy 4 monthsold child, , who suffered a 4 day illness, unspecific at the beginning, but during her last day showed signs of tissue hipoperfusion, had 2 cardicac arrests and died. The forensic autopsy and histological examination demonstrated great vessels vasculitis. This findings are compatible with Takayasu’s arteritis. Takayasu is a very uncommon disease in the occidental hemisphere, and is also unusual in caucasic children and uncommonly has a lethal outcome.

Keywords : childhood vasculitis; Takayasu arteritis; congestive heart failure; giant cells arteritis; arterial stenosis.

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