[PDF] Top 20 A CASE REPORT ON PAKSHAGHATA WITH REFERENCE TO TAKAYASU’S ARTERITIS .......

... Takayasu’s arteritis is a rare, chronic, inflammatory, granulomatous large vessel vas- culitis predominantly affecting the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary arteries due to which it presents as pulseless ... See full document

... Case presentation: A 24-year-old woman of African descent with prior normal vision was referred to us with a 3-year history of gradual decline in visual acuity in both eyes and unintentional weight loss (17 kg) ... See full document

... immunosuppressants. During the follow-up, both patients developed symptoms caused by vascular stenosis and occlusion, such as dizziness and weakness of upper limb. The results of aortic angiography revealed multiple ... See full document

... Individual case reports of familial TA consistently refer to the rarity of this ...recent report of a mul- tiplex family with TA raised the question of whether there could be an autosomal recessive form of ... See full document

... published case report that describes the actual clinical course with a long-term follow-up period after surgery for isolated pulmonary Takayasu ’ s arteritis, including images of the ... See full document

... Single-stage surgery is preferable for extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms, but because of the excessive invasive- ness of this approach, staged surgery must sometimes be performed. When staged surgery is selected, ... See full document

... After one year follow up CT-Aortic angio showed stent in situ in the proximal right renal artery with instent narrowing causing moderate stenosis of about 50% at the ostium (Fig. 4), minimal right posterior perinephric ... See full document

... of case series, open studies, and expert opinion ...Three case reports pro- vide insight on feasible imaging ...first case, improvement in vascular lesions on CTA was seen within 6 months of initial ... See full document

... Children treated with biologic agents had significantly better outcomes compared to children treated with non- biologic therapies. Flare-free survival rates were higher for biologic therapies (TNF-α inhibitors or ... See full document

... Case presentation: A 25-year- old Sri Lankan female presented with a three days history of acute shortness of breath, cough and orthopnoea. On examination she had severe aortic regurgitation resulting in high ... See full document

... Notably, there is a lack of high-quality evidence on which to base treatment recommendations in adults, and there is even less in children [13]. Hence, there is an ongoing need to describe the limited paediatric TA ex- ... See full document

... the pathophysiology in patients with TA are still unknown. Unlike those with typical Moyamoya disease, however, this patient ini- tially presented with a basilar artery occlusion (Fig 2). One patient in our series had ... See full document

... of Takayasu arteritis at initial presentation ranges from childhood to the third decade of life 25 ...previous case series, Sharma et al 27 have shown that childhood onset of disease is not uncommon, ... See full document

... present case, the peritoneum was found to be nearly normal based on peritoneal biopsy findings at the time of the first episode of peritonitis, which occurred approximately 6 years after the PD initi- ... See full document

... of Takayasu arteritis, corticosteroid remains the first-line medical therapy in the active disease ...in Takayasu arteritis, cerebro- vascular ischemia, as presented in this case, is ... See full document

... admitted. Takayasu arteritis appears to be an autoimmune disease with an initial inflammatory response in the vasa vaso- rum, with cellular infiltration mainly by T-cells, which invade the outer layer of ... See full document

... Although the vascular manifestations of TAK are well known, the extravascular manifestations of TAK remain unclear. Some recent studies have addressed spondyloar- thritis (SpA) [14, 15] and inflammatory bowel disease ... See full document

... another report of 31 children with TA from South Africa [6], arterial hypertension was the most common presenting feature, followed by cardiac failure, bruits, and absent ... See full document

... This case demonstrates that TA can cause cerebral aneurysms in children and raises the following question: should all patients with cerebral aneurysms be evaluated for systemic aneurysms and/or ... See full document

... Demographic data: As reported in literature, our patients were mostly young adults with median age of 28.5 (22- 36.3) years at presentation. Period of diagnostic delay in our study was similar to that reported in western ... See full document