title: Takayasu arteritis in an infant.
abstract: Takayasu arteritis (TA), a chronic inflammatory arteritis affecting the aorta and its main branches, is a rare condition mainly affecting young women in the second and third decades of life. Occurrence of TA in infants is extremely rare, with only less than 10 cases reported all over the world until date. We report a case of a 2-year-old girl who presented with hypertension and was diagnosed to have TA with bilateral renal artery stenosis and this is probably the youngest case reported from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sandeep
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Unni
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Sreekumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurian
keywords: Childhood vasculitis; hypertension in infants; renovascular hypertension; takayasu arteritis
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