title: A five years old girl child with Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: Takayasu arteritis is a systemic vasulitis of large vessels that mainly involves the aorta and its branches. It normally presents in third decade of life and has rarely been reported in children under 10 years of age. We report here a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 5 years old girl who presented with headache, generalized body swelling, severe hypertension, proteinuria and minimal functioning kidneys. Conventional angiography demonstrated narrowing of descending aorta, right subclavian artery and right common iliac artery. She responded steroids, diuretics, antiplatelets and digoxin and discharged home on maintenance therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: Syed Awais
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ul Hassan Shah
authors.forename: Syed Qamar
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004077:Digoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D004077:Digoxin