Epigastric Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in a 17-year-old Male
| Autor: | Maria J Sanchez, Benjamin C. Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Abdominal pain Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Computed Tomography Angiography Takayasu arteritis Disease Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Weight loss Weight Loss medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Arteritis Glucocorticoids Aorta 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Past medical history Antibiotics Antineoplastic business.industry Emergency department Mycophenolic Acid medicine.disease Takayasu Arteritis EPIGASTRIC ABDOMINAL PAIN Abdominal Pain Carotid Arteries Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Prednisone medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 144:829-829 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.144.2ma9.829 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Takayasu arteritis is an idiopathic, chronic, large vessel arteritis involving the aorta and its primary branches. Although the disease has a worldwide distribution, it has a high prevalence in Japan (40 per million) and a low prevalence in the United States (0.9 per million). Our patient, an African-American teenage male with TA, is exceedingly rare. Case Report: A 17-year-old African-American male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with one month of epigastric abdominal pain and a 20-pound weight loss. The pain was dull, without … |
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