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Takayasu arteritis and giant aneurysm of pulmonary artery, case report
Arteritis de Takayasu y formación inusual de aneurisma gigante de arteria pulmonar, reporte de un caso
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Jorge Hernán Izquierdo Loaizaa,
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, Jorge Andrés Díaz Giraldob
a Unidad de Reumatología, Clínica de Occidente S. A., Cali, Colombia
b Facultad de Medicina, Fundación Universitaria San Martín, Cali, Colombia
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Received 29 July 2016. Accepted 01 November 2016
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Table 1. Diagnostic criteria for Takayasu arteritis published in 1990 by the American College of Rheumatology.
Abstract

Takayasu arteritis is a large vessel vasculitis that affects the aorta and its main branches, leading to arterial stenosis, and occasionally, thrombosis. There is also aneurysm formation in the general circulation. There is no specific treatment. The therapy of choice is corticosteroids, followed by other immunosuppressants in cases where adequate control of the inflammatory process is not achieved.

A case is presented of a patient with Takayasu arteritis and the unusual presence of giant aneurysm of pulmonary artery.

Keywords:
Takayasu arteritis
Pulmonary artery
Thrombosis
Vasculitis
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La arteritis de Takayasu es una de las vasculitis de grandes vasos que afecta a la aorta y a sus ramas principales, llevando a estenosis arterial y, en ocasiones, a trombosis. También se observa la formación de aneurismas en la circulación general. No tiene un tratamiento específico. La terapia de elección son los corticoides, seguidos de otros inmunosupresores en casos de no lograrse un control adecuado del proceso inflamatorio.

Se reporta el caso de un paciente con arteritis de Takayasu, con formación inusual de aneurisma gigante de la arteria pulmonar.

Palabras clave:
Arteritis de Takayasu
Arteria pulmonar
Trombosis
Vasculitis

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