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Asymptomatic Takayasu Arteritis Disease in a 13-Y-Old Girl: A Case Report with a Short Review

  • 1. MD, Professor, Pediatrics Department, Government Medical College, Sir T G Hospital, Bhavnagar 364002, India.
  • 2. MBBS, Clinical Assistant, Government Medical College, Sir T G Hospital, Bhavnagar 364002, India

Description

A 13-y-old girl presented with complaints of cough, cold, and fever for 3 days; she was considered as a case of viral rhinitis. As her pulses were feeble on examination, she was admitted and was found to have weak pulses all over. Prior to this
she was asymptomatic. Her aortogram revealed multiple stenoses of major arteries of thorax and upper limbs. She was
diagnosed to have Takayasu arteritis.

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