Pericardial effusion as primary manifestation of Takayasu arteritis.
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis, affecting young women in 80-90% of cases with greatest prevalence in Asians. As exudative pericarditis is an extremely rare, but a possible manifestation of TA, we report on a young women who presented with recurrent febrile pericardial effusion as primary manifestation of TA.
Fateh-Moghadam
Suzanne
S
Huehns
Sonja
S
Schmidt
Wolfgang A
WA
Dietz
Rainer
R
Bocksch
Wolfgang
W
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging