TITLE:
Respiratory Distress Revealing Takayasu’s Disease: Case Report
AUTHORS:
Kaouthar Zerouati, Maria Rkain, Abdeladim Babakhoya
KEYWORDS:
Heart Failure, Respiratory Distress, Takayasu’s Disease
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic inflammatory, autoimmune, granulomatous disease of the aorta and its major branches, at their origin, resulting in dilatation, occlusion, stenosis and/or aneurysm formation of these arteries. The disease usually begins in adulthood but pediatric involvement is very rare and the diagnosis is late. We report the case of a 13-year-old child admitted for respiratory distress, whose detailed clinical examination and CT angiography confirmed the diagnosis.