title: [Takayasu's disease in an IgG4-positive patient with tuberculosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, recurrent myocarditis, and transient bilateral visual impairments].
abstract: Takayasu's disease (nonspecific aortoarteritis) affects the absolute majority of 20-40-year-old women; its most common manifestations include aortic arch branch lesions. The specific features of the described case is the male gender of the patient, signs of mesenchymal dysplasia, a concurrence of tuberculosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, and myocarditis at onset, the presence of IgG4, peculiar ocular symptomatology, and its rapid regression after initiation of therapy.
authors.affiliation: I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Blagova
authors.affiliation: I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nedostup
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Sherstneva
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Ya O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Grusha
authors.affiliation: I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Gulyaev
authors.affiliation: I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Z Sh
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Shapieva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D008727:Methotrexate