Takayasu arteritis evaluated by multi-slice computed tomography in an old man.
In the case of patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA), they consult a doctor for the first time when they have a slight fever, shoulder pain, chest pain, back pain, or headache, or when they are pointed out to have high CRP or anemia by chance in medical check-up. In TA, they are usually young women. In our case, the very old patient had bilateral massive pleural effusion and aortic aneurysm with a 64-slice computed tomography (CT). TA commonly affects primarily large elastic arteries such as the aorta and its main branches. Steroid was very effective for suppression of inflammatory symptom being dose-dependent. His pleural effusion had been decreasing without reducing the size of aortic aneurysm. Multi-slice CT was a very useful tool to detect unexpected lesion in Takayasu arteritis in a non-invasive manner.
Fujita
Tetsuo
T
Ohtsuka
Masashi
M
Uchida
Eiji
E
Yamaguchi
Hiroyuki
H
Nakajima
Toru
T
Akazawa
Hiroshi
H
Takano
Hiroyuki
H
Nakaya
Haruaki
H
Komuro
Issei
I
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*