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Wen X, Chen S, Li P, Li J, Wu Z, Li Y, Li L, Yuan H, Tian X, Zhang F, Li Y. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of IL12B are associated with Takayasu arteritis in Chinese Han population. Rheumatol Int 2017; 37:547-555. [PMID: 28160070 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-016-3648-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated association between genetic variants of IL12B and IL6 and TA. Since TA has been reported with ethnic heterogeneity, we sought to investigate whether the single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in these studies are associated with TA in the Chinese Han population. A multi-center study involving 412 patients with TA and 597 healthy controls was conducted. Sequenom MassArray iPLEX platform was used to determine the frequencies of SNPs in the IL12B and IL6 region. We demonstrated a allele association between the four SNPs of IL12B and TA (rs6871626: OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.26-1.83; rs4921492: OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.21-1.75; rs60689680: OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.17-1.69; rs4921493: OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.21-1.75, all P c < 10- 3 ). A meta-analysis consist of four populations showed rs6871626 was a susceptible locus of TA. Its OR was 1.51, and 95% CI was 1.31-1.74. The four SNPs were in strong linkage disequilibrium and two haplotypes were significantly different between patients and controls. Conditional analysis shows that these SNPs were not independent factors contributing to TA. Nevertheless, neither genotype nor allele frequencies of rs2069837 in IL6 showed significant between-group differences. Thus SNP of IL12B may be considered a high-risk factor for TA in Chinese Han population and provide further clues for research into the pathogenesis of TA.
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- Xiaoting Wen
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Nunes G, Ferreira P, Cunha P, Santos L, Alencar C, Pereira H. RELATO DE CASO: DIAGNÓSTICO DE ARTERITE DE TAKAYASU DURANTE A GESTAÇÃO. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE REUMATOLOGIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbr.2017.07.513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Various imaging modalities, including color duplex ultrasonography, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and PET, are emerging as important aids to the diagnosis, staging, evaluation of disease activity and response to treatment in systemic vasculitis. Although large-vessel vasculitis is the main target of imaging, refinement and increasing accuracy of imaging modalities are also providing useful information in the evaluation of medium-vessel and small-vessel vasculitis.
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Updates in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Takayasu Arteritis. Ann Vasc Surg 2016; 35:210-25. [PMID: 27238990 DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare, systemic, inflammatory vasculitis of granulomatous nature, and still of unknown etiology. It mainly involves the aorta and its major branches and is more commonly seen in women of childbearing age and Asians. TA leads to stenosis, occlusion, or aneurysmal degeneration of large arteries, and its pathogenesis seems to be mainly due to an abnormal cell-mediated immunity, although other molecular and genetic abnormalities may contribute. The diagnosis and treatments lie on clinical and arteriographic findings. Because of its fluctuating course, both clinical scores and biomarkers are currently evaluated. The aim of this review is to report a comprehensive and methodologically robust state of the art about Takayasu arteritis, including the latest data and evidences in the definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis and etiology, clinical manifestations and classification, diagnosis, assessment of disease activity and progression, biomarkers, and treatment. METHODS We searched all publications addressing definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, etiology, classification, diagnosis, biomarkers, and treatment of TA. Randomized trials, cohort studies, and reviews were contemplated to give a breadth of clinical data. PubMed and Scopus were searched from August 2010 to November 2015. RESULTS Of the 3,056 records found, 267 matched our inclusion criteria. After reading the full-text articles, we decided to exclude 169 articles because of the following reasons: (1) no innovative or important content; (2) no multivariable analysis; (3) insufficient data; (4) no clear potential biases or strategies to solve them; (5) no clear end-points; and (6) inconsistent or arbitrary conclusions. The final set included 98 articles. CONCLUSIONS This review presents the last updates in all fields of Takayasu arteritis. Still today, large areas of TA pathogenesis and disease-activity assessment need to be further investigated to better treat patients with TA.
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Lücker LM, Hachulla AL, Lador F, Chizzolini C, Adler D. A 28-Year-Old Man Presenting With Intractable Dry Cough and a History of Ulcerative Colitis. Chest 2016; 149:e141-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Chest Pain: The Need to Consider Less Frequent Diagnosis. Case Rep Cardiol 2016; 2016:4294780. [PMID: 27034853 PMCID: PMC4789417 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4294780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chest pain is one of the most frequent patient's complaints. The commonest underlying causes are well known, but, sometimes, in some clinical scenarios, it is necessary to consider other diagnoses. We report a case of a 68-year-old Caucasian male, chronically hypertensive, who complained of recurrent episodes of chest pain and fever with elevated acute phase reactants. The first investigation was negative for some of the most likely diagnosis and he quickly improved with anti-inflammatory drugs. Over a few months, his symptoms continued to recur periodically, his hypertension was aggravated, and he developed headaches and lower limbs claudication. After a temporal artery biopsy that was negative for vasculitis, he underwent a positron emission tomography suggestive of Takayasu Arteritis. Takayasu Arteritis is a rare chronic granulomatous vasculitis of the aorta and its first-order branches affecting mostly females up to 50 years old. Chest pain is experienced by >40% of the patients and results from the inflammation of the aorta, pulmonary artery, or coronaries.
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The epidemiology of Takayasu arteritis: a hospital-based study from northwestern part of Turkey. Rheumatol Int 2016; 36:911-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-016-3445-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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de Souza AWS, de Almeida Agustinelli R, de Cinque Almeida H, Oliveira PB, Pinheiro FAG, Oliveira ACD, Sato EI. Leflunomide in Takayasu arteritis - A long term observational study. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE REUMATOLOGIA 2016; 56:371-5. [PMID: 27476631 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extended follow-up data on efficacy and toxicity of leflunomide therapy in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients previously enrolled in the original open-label study of short-term effects of leflunomide in TA. METHODS An open-label long-term longitudinal study was performed in TA patients who fulfilled the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for TA and had participated in a previous study that evaluated short-term efficacy of leflunomide in TA. Complete follow-up information could be retrieved from 12 out of 15 patients enrolled in the original study. Disease activity was evaluated by Kerr's criteria and by the Indian Takayasu Activity Score 2010 (ITAS2010). RESULTS The mean follow up time was 43.0±7.6 months and 5 (41.6%) TA patients remained on leflunomide therapy while 7 (58.3%) TA patients had to change to another therapy due to failure to prevent relapses in 6 patients and toxicity in one patient. No significant differences were found between patients who remained on leflunomide therapy and those who changed to another agent regarding age at study entry, time since diagnosis, prednisone daily dose at study entry, baseline ITAS2010, mean or maximum ESR and CRP, and cumulative prednisone dose at study end. Among TA patients who had changed leflunomide to another agent, two had an additional clinical relapse and needed to change therapy. CONCLUSION Leflunomide led to sustained remission in approximately half of patients at a mean time of 12 months and was well tolerated by TA patients.
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- Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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de Souza AWS, de Almeida Agustinelli R, de Cinque Almeida H, Oliveira PB, Pinheiro FAG, Oliveira ACD, Sato EI. Leflunomide in Takayasu arteritis - A long term observational study. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE REUMATOLOGIA 2016; 56:S0482-5004(16)00005-X. [PMID: 26924006 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbr.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extended follow-up data on efficacy and toxicity of leflunomide therapy in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients previously enrolled in the original open-label study of short-term effects of leflunomide in TA. METHODS An open-label long-term longitudinal study was performed in TA patients who fulfilled the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for TA and had participated in a previous study that evaluated short-term efficacy of leflunomide in TA. Complete follow-up information could be retrieved from 12 out of 15 patients enrolled in the original study. Disease activity was evaluated by Kerr's criteria and by the Indian Takayasu Activity Score 2010 (ITAS2010). RESULTS The mean follow up time was 43.0±7.6 months and 5 (41.6%) TA patients remained on leflunomide therapy while 7 (58.3%) TA patients had to change to another therapy due to failure to prevent relapses in 6 patients and toxicity in one patient. No significant differences were found between patients who remained on leflunomide therapy and those who changed to another agent regarding age at study entry, time since diagnosis, prednisone daily dose at study entry, baseline ITAS2010, mean or maximum ESR and CRP, and cumulative prednisone dose at study end. Among two TA patients who had changed laflunomide to another agent, two had a clinical relapse and needed to change therapy. CONCLUSION Leflunomide led to sustained remission in approximately half of patients at a mean time of 12 months and was well tolerated by TA patients.
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Yang A, Nayeemuddin M, Prasad B. Takayasu's arteritis and primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as hypertensive urgency. BMJ Case Rep 2016; 2016:bcr-2015-211752. [PMID: 26783006 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A 33-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and hypertensive urgency. Physical examination revealed widespread arterial bruits and marked difference in blood pressure between the upper limbs. Vascular imaging showed widespread narrowing in multiple vascular territories. He met the established American College of Rheumatology criteria for Takayasu's arteritis. His resistant hypertension was considered to be a consequence of bilateral renal artery stenosis and he subsequently underwent sequential stenting of his renal arteries leading to improvement in blood pressure and reduction in the number of antihypertensive medications. Subsequent imaging revealed progression of aortic thrombus in the setting of an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and persistently elevated antiphospholipid antibodies fulfilling diagnostic criteria for primary antiphospholipid syndrome, requiring initiation of immunosuppression and anticoagulation.
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- Andrew Yang
- University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Gaudric J, Dennery M, Jouhannet C, Kagan N, Saadoun D, Chiche L, Koskas F. [Aortitis and surgery]. Rev Med Interne 2016; 37:284-91. [PMID: 26797187 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2015.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Non-infectious aortitis are usually due to giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis), Takayasu and Behçet's diseases. Aortitis should be suspected in the presence of aortic wall thickening or of aneurysm or occlusion of the aorta and its branches in the absence of characteristic cardiovascular risk factors. Surgery is required in case of severe damage. But the quiescence of the inflammatory disease must be obtained before endovascular or surgical treatment to prevent complications such as anastomotic false aneurysm or stent thrombosis, especially common in this disease. The frequency of aortic aneurysms (in particular of ascending aorta) in giant cell arteritis encourages its systematic screening, as well as regular monitoring of the entire aorta during the follow-up. Behçet's and Takayasu diseases require the greatest control of inflammation and the knowledge of some surgical tricks to avoid the risk of recurrence. The literature review shows that endovascular treatment could reduce perioperative morbidity but did not allow reducing long-term complications.
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- J Gaudric
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de médecine interne et immunologie clinique, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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Barut K, Şahin S, Adroviç A, Kasapçopur Ö. Diagnostic approach and current treatment options in childhood vasculitis. Turk Arch Pediatr 2015; 50:194-205. [PMID: 26884688 DOI: 10.5152/turkpediatriars.2015.2363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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All inflammatory changes in the vessel wall are defined as vasculitis. Pediatric vasculitis may present with different clinical findings. Although Henoch-Schönlein purpura which is the most common pediatric vasculitis generally recovers spontaneously, it should be monitorized closely because of the risk of renal failure. Although Kawasaki disease is easy to diagnose with its classical findings, the diagnosis may be delayed in case of incomplete Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease should be considered especially in infants in case of prolonged fever even if the criteria are not fully met and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment should be administered without delay in order to prevent development of coronary artery aneurism. Reaction at the site of administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine may be observed as commonly as cervical lymphadenopathy in Kawasaki disease and may be used as a valuable finding in suspicious cases. Although anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides are rare in children, renal involvement is more common and progression is more severe compared to adults. Hence, efficient and aggressive treatment is required. Takayasu's arteritis is observed commonly in young adult women and rarely in adolescent girls. Therefore, a careful physical examination and blood pressure measurement should be performed in addition to a detailed history in daily practice. In children with unexplained neurological findings, cerebral vasculitis should be considered in the absence of other systemic vasculitides and necessary radiological investigations should be performed in this regard. This review will provide an insight into the understanding of pediatric vasculitis, current diagnostic approaches and prognosis by the aid of new studies.
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- Kenan Barut
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Herlin B, Baud JM, Chadenat ML, Pico F. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in Takayasu arteritis: watching and monitoring the arterial inflammation. BMJ Case Rep 2015; 2015:bcr-2015-211094. [PMID: 26452525 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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A 43-year-old man was diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis, and treated with methotrexate and corticosteroids. While under treatment and with normal biological inflammatory parameters, he experienced an ischaemic stroke, successfully treated with intravenous thrombolysis (alteplase). The B-mode ultrasound examination revealed circumferential wall thickening of the left common carotid artery. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography showed a progressive arterial wall enhancement of the left common carotid artery. This pathological enhancement indicates neovascularisation of the arterial wall, which is supposed to correlate with active vascular inflammation. After an increase in immunosuppressive treatment, follow-up contrast-enhanced ultrasonography no longer showed artery wall enhancement. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination is an inexpensive, reproducible and minimally invasive method, providing dynamic information on arterial wall neovascularisation and thus inflammation. This case illustrates that contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can be a useful tool for the management and follow-up of Takayasu arteritis, and its use as a marker of disease activity and arterial inflammation in Takayasu arteritis should be evaluated in further studies.
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- Bastien Herlin
- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
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- Angiology and Ultrasound Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
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Yoshida M, Watanabe R, Ishii T, Machiyama T, Akita K, Fujita Y, Shirota Y, Sugimura K, Fujii H, Shimokawa H, Harigae H. Retrospective analysis of 95 patients with large vessel vasculitis: a single center experience. Int J Rheum Dis 2015; 19:87-94. [PMID: 26443306 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.12777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Although Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) have been considered as distinct disease entities, similarities of these diseases have been recently reported. However, little data is available regarding this issue in Japanese patients with TAK and GCA. In addition, the classification criteria for TAK established in 1990 by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) have been criticized due to the age restriction for disease onset (≤ 40 years). Thus, we aimed to compare the clinical characteristics of Japanese patients with TAK and those with GCA and to clarify whether clinical differences existed between patients with early-onset (≤ 40 years) and late-onset (> 40 years) TAK. METHODS We enrolled 86 patients with TAK and nine with GCA who visited our department from 1990 to 2014. The diagnoses of TAK and GCA were based on the criteria of the Japanese Circulation Society and the ACR, respectively. RESULTS Mean ages at onset for TAK and GCA were 36.4 and 71.0 years, respectively. Patients with TAK had significantly higher incidences of aortic regurgitation and carotid and subclavian arterial involvement, lower frequencies of polymyalgia rheumatica, and better prognoses than those with GCA. In contrast, the clinical characteristics, distribution of arterial lesions, treatments administered, and prognoses of patients with early- and late-onset TAK were comparable. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that TAK and GCA differed substantially, and that the age restriction (≤ 40 years) may not be necessary for the diagnosis of TAK.
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- Masaaki Yoshida
- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) is a large-vessel vasculitis with a chronic, indolent course affecting the aorta and its main branches. This review will describe the recent studies to develop validated outcome measures to assess TAK. RECENT FINDINGS TAK is traditionally assessed with a physician's global assessment including symptoms and signs of inflammation and vascular insufficiency, acute-phase reactants (APRs), and imaging including conventional digital subtraction angiography, computerized tomographic, and magnetic resonance angiography, and recently 18-FDG-PET. Recent attempts to develop a validated tool for disease assessment include the Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS2010), which incorporates clinical signs and symptoms with APRs in a simplified and weighted adoption of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score. Among biomarkers to assess clinical activity, pentraxin-3 is perhaps the most promising, but its validity and superiority against APRs in clinical practice need to be demonstrated. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly recognized as of substantial importance to measure in clinical trials; in addition to so-called 'generic' tools such as the SF-36 or measures of fatigue, disease-specific instruments would likely help capture aspects of TAK not measured by generic quality-of-life assessments or physician-based tools. SUMMARY Although outcome measures for TAK are not sufficiently validated, progress in the assessment of TAK is reflected in recent studies with new tools such as ITAS2010, new biomarkers, and a variety of PROs.
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Wang H, Lai B, Wu X, Han T, Chen H. Late diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis with repeated attacks of heart failure and uncontrolled hypertension due to abdominal aortic thrombosis: Case report and review of the literature. Blood Press 2015; 24:333-9. [DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2015.1049423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Surgical Treatment of Middle Aortic Syndrome with Takayasu Arteritis or Midaortic Dysplastic Syndrome. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2015; 50:206-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alibaz-Oner F, Direskeneli H. Update on Takayasu's arteritis. Presse Med 2015; 44:e259-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2015.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- S McGraw
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood St. M/C 715, Suite 920 S, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
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Alibaz-Öner F, Aydın SZ, Direskeneli H. Recent advances in Takayasu's arteritis. Eur J Rheumatol 2015; 2:24-30. [PMID: 27708916 DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheumatol.2015.0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) is a rare, chronic large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) that predominantly affects the aorta, its major branches, and the pulmonary arteries. Recent advances in the diagnosis, clinical course, disease assessment with biomarkers/imaging and new clinical tools, patient-reported outcomes, and new treatment options of TAK are discussed in this review. Conventional angiography, the gold standard method for initial diagnosis, appears to have been replaced with new imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in recent years. MRA and FDG-PET are also promising for the assessment of disease activity. New tools for disease assessment such as Indian Takayasu's Arteritis Score 2010 (ITAS2010) and color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) aim to better characterize and quantify disease activity; however, different imaging modalities in routine follow-up are not incorporated sufficiently in these approaches. Prognosis is possibly getting better, with lower mortality in recent years; however, it is difficult to assess the widely different vascular intervention rates among the clinical series. Leflunomide, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists, and tocilizumab are new options for patients resistant to conventional therapies. There is a clear need to develop a validated set of outcome measures for use in clinical trials of TAK. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Vasculitis Working Group has taken on this task, finished a Delphi exercise with experts, and aims to develop a core set of outcomes for LVV in accordance with OMERACT Filter 2.0.
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- Fatma Alibaz-Öner
- Department of Rheumatology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Rheumatology, Koç University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Fritz Angle J, Nida BA, Matsumoto AH. Endovascular Treatment of Large Vessel Arteritis. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2014; 17:252-7. [DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Chatterjee S, Flamm SD, Tan CD, Rodriguez ER. Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Large Vessel Vasculitis: Takayasu Arteritis. Curr Cardiol Rep 2014; 16:499. [DOI: 10.1007/s11886-014-0499-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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O'Connor TE, Carpenter HE, Bidari S, Waters MF, Hedna VS. Role of inflammatory markers in Takayasu arteritis disease monitoring. BMC Neurol 2014; 14:62. [PMID: 24678735 PMCID: PMC4012521 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic large-vessel vasculitis that can result in significant morbidity and mortality secondary to progressive stenosis and occlusion. Monitoring disease progression is crucial to preventing relapse, but is often complicated by the lack of clinical symptoms in the setting of active disease. Although acute phase reactants such as ESR and CRP are generally used as an indicator of inflammation and disease activity, mounting evidence suggests that these markers cannot reliably distinguish active from inactive TA. Case presentation We report a 24-year-old Hispanic female with a 5-year history of TA who presented with stroke-like symptoms and evidence of left MCA occlusion on imaging, despite a history of decreasing inflammatory markers. CTA revealed complete occlusion of the left common carotid artery, left subclavian, and left MCA from their origins. It also revealed a striking compensatory circulation supplying the left anterior circulation as well as the left subclavian as a response to progressive stenosis. Conclusion Monitoring ESR and CRP levels alone may not be a reliable method to evaluate disease progression in patients with TA, and should be taken in context with both patient’s clinical picture and the imaging. We recommend that serial imaging be performed regularly in the setting of active disease to monitor progression and allow for immediate therapy in response to evidence of disease advancement, with a relaxation of the imaging interval once the disease is presumed inactive.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Room L3-100, McKnight Brain Institute 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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