Volume 111, Nº 4, October 2018
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20180195
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Takayasu Arteritis: From Diagnosis to a Life-Threatening Complication
Filipa Cordeiro
Sofia Silva Carvalho
Fernando Salvador
Alberto Ferreira
J. Ilidio Moreira
Figure 1 – A) Non-contrast computed tomography showing low-attenuation concentric mural thickening of the thoracic and abdominal aorta (43 HU). B and C) Computed tomography angiography revealing enhancement of the mural thickening of the thoracic and abdominal aorta (73 HU). D) Transesophageal echocardiogram presenting thickening of the thoracic aorta after the Valsalva sinus. E and F) Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating that mural thickening was hypointense on T1-weighted images (E, orange arrow) and hyperintense on T2-weighted images (F, red arrow), consistent with aortitis. G) Positron emission. Tomography after fifteen days of steroid therapy showing a discrete tracer uptake in the thoracic aorta (white arrow). H) Computed tomography angiography revealing type A aortic dissection six weeks after the initial diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis.
Abstract
Background: Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx.
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