A Case of Pulmonary Artery Involvement as the First Manifestation of Takayasu's Arteritis.
10.4046/trd.2004.56.6.677
- Author:
Joon Chang SONG
1
;
Sang Haak LEE
;
So Hyang SONG
;
Sook Young LEE
;
Seok Chan KIM
;
Young Kyoon KIM
;
Kwan Hyoung KIM
;
Hwa Sik MOON
;
Jeong Sup SONG
;
Sung Hak PARK
;
Ki Tae KIM
;
Kyung Sup SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdlee@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Takayasu's arteritis;
Pulmonary arteritis
- MeSH:
Aorta;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Hypertension, Pulmonary;
Pulmonary Artery*;
Takayasu Arteritis*
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2004;56(6):677-682
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects large vessels, such as the aorta and its main branches. Pulmonary artery is often involved in Takayasu's arteritis, but only a few cases have been reported in which pulmonary artery involvement occurred as the initial clinical manifestation. We report one patient who was referred to our institution with the provisional diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and subsequently diagnosed with Takayasu's arteritis involving the pulmonary artery.
