Blagova OV, Nedostup AV, Sherstneva LV, Grusha YO, Gulyaev SV, Shapieva ZS. [Takayasu's disease in an IgG4-positive patient with tuberculosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, recurrent myocarditis, and transient bilateral visual impairments].
TERAPEVT ARKH 2017;
89:85-93. [PMID:
28378736 DOI:
10.17116/terarkh201789385-93]
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Abstract
Takayasu's disease (nonspecific aortoarteritis) affects the absolute majority of 20-40-year-old women; its most common manifestations include aortic arch branch lesions. The specific features of the described case is the male gender of the patient, signs of mesenchymal dysplasia, a concurrence of tuberculosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, and myocarditis at onset, the presence of IgG4, peculiar ocular symptomatology, and its rapid regression after initiation of therapy.
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