Monday 25 December 2023

A Rare Case Report on Relapse of Takayasu’s Arteritis with Tuberculosis Relapse | Chapter 1 | Advanced Concepts in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 10

Takayasu's Arteritis (TA) is a ailment of uncertain cause accompanying an annual incidence of 1.2 to 2.3 cases per million society. Takayasu arteritis is a rare and never-ending granulomatous vasculitis that affects main elastic arteries, generally the aorta and its main arms, as well as the pulmonary and heart failure arteries, and is defined histologically by an instigative cell pervade affecting all coatings of the arterial wall. Takayasu arteritis targets the aorta and allure branches and is still of mysterious aetiology. It often influences female patients under 50 age of age. A relationship 'tween Takayasu arteritis and tuberculosis has existed suggested for a very long time. The cause of TA is unknown, but a link between TA and infection (TB) has been projected. Mikito Takayasu, a Japanese medical doctor specializing in eyes, described the first instance of Takayasu's arteritis in 1908. Despite the link to infection and the resemblance of granulomatous lesions in two together diseases, the exact involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the aetiology of TA remnants uncertain.

Author(s) Details:

Sunil Chandrasen Chand,
Narendra Modi Medical College (AMCMET), LG Hospital, Gujarat, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/ACMMR-V10/article/view/12815

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