Scleritis and Takayasu’s disease – rare combined presentation
| Autor: | Dev Narayan Shah, M Chaudhary, R P Chaudhary |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Biopsy Takayasu's arteritis Secondary hypertension Disease 03 medical and health sciences Rare Diseases 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases 030212 general & internal medicine skin and connective tissue diseases 030203 arthritis & rheumatology business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Takayasu Arteritis Dermatology Aortic Arch Syndrome Female Red eye medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business Vasculitis Immunosuppressive Agents Sclera Scleritis Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology. 9:170-174 |
| ISSN: | 2091-0320 2072-6805 |
| DOI: | 10.3126/nepjoph.v9i2.19261 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Takayasu’s disease (TD) (pulseless disease, aortic arch syndrome) is a rare but potentially life-threatening chronic giant cell vasculitis. The major complications attributed to the disease include Takayasu’s retinopathy, secondary hypertension, aortic regurgitation, and arterial aneurysm. The aim of this study is to describe a patient with Takayasu’s disease and scleritis and to show its association.Case report: We describe a 44-year-old female patient with Takayasu’s disease who presented with bilateral anterior scleritis in the form of painful red eye. Patient did not have any associated autoimmune diseases. Patient was diagnosed to have TD and was treated with immunosuppressant.Conclusion: Scleritis though rare can be a vasculitic feature of TD. This is a first report of Takayasu’s disease with scleritis, which has been documented in Nepal. |
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