title: [Takayasu's disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child].
abstract: The authors describe a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a child of only 3 years of age, emphasizing the rarity of this disease in this age group. The child was admitted to the emergency room in a post-convulsive state after a tonic-clonic seizure. After a detailed clinical examination, extensive diagnostic tests, and observation of the clinical evolution, the diagnosis was Takayasu's disease with severe cardiac and arterial involvement. The report warns pediatricians and cardiologists to awareness of the possibility of this disease in very small infants, in countries where it is underdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Municipal Odilon Behrens, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fátima Derlene da Rocha
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Zilda Maria Alves
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Meira
authors.forename: Fabiana Arantes de
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Glaucia Maria Vasconcelos
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Severiano
authors.forename: Kelly Nascimento
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Brandão
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*