Articles:
Takayasu's Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham's Chorea: is There an Association?
Thiago Cardoso Vale; Ricardo Oliveira Horta Maciel; Debora Maia; Rogerio Beato; Francisco Cardoso
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- Title:
- Takayasu's Arteritis in a Patient with Sydenham's Chorea: is There an Association?
- Author(s):
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Vale, Thiago Cardoso
Maciel, Ricardo Oliveira Horta
Maia, Debora
Beato, Rogerio
Cardoso, Francisco - Date:
- 2012
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Center for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
- Volume:
- 2
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14734
- Book/Journal Title:
- Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
- Abstract:
- Background: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) has been associated with many conditions. Herein described is a case of TA in a patient with rheumatic fever complicated with Sydenham's chorea. Case Report: A 17-year-old female presented at age 6 with rheumatic fever followed by chorea a month later. At the age of 16, she developed a blood pressure discrepancy between the arms and faint pulses. Computed tomography angiography revealed diffuse aortic involvement and narrowing of the arteries. Discussion: The presence of rheumatic fever and Sydenham's chorea in TA raises the possibility of an immunological basis for the pathogenesis of the disease.
- Subject(s):
- Neurosciences
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