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Case Report

Dyspnea in Takayasu Arteritis—An Ordinary Cause with An Extraordinary Link

by
Umang Arora
,
Advait M. Vasavada
,
Surabhi Vyas
and
Animesh Ray
*
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2021, 89(1), 63-67; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0175
Submission received: 7 January 2020 / Revised: 17 December 2020 / Accepted: 17 December 2020 / Published: 1 July 2020

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis (TA) poses a diagnostic challenge as it may have a myriad of clinical presentations. Dyspnea, as an index presentation in TA, may be secondary to the involvement of the aorta, myocardium, and/or the pulmonary vessels, or can present as a manifestation of pulmonary infection with tuberculosis. Significant lymphadenopathy cannot be attributed to TA and serves to point towards a different diagnosis or concomitant infection. Tuberculosis has been associated with TA and has considerable pathogenic and therapeutic implications. We present a case of a young female with extensive intra-thoracic tubercular lymphadenopathy compressing the trachea and right main bronchus resulting in dyspnea. The patient was subsequently found to have active TA and improved after treatment with anti-tubercular therapy and steroids. We review the causes of dyspnea and mediastinal lymphadenopathy in a patient with TA.
Keywords: Takayasu arteritis; extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; dyspnea Takayasu arteritis; extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; dyspnea

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Arora, U.; Vasavada, A.M.; Vyas, S.; Ray, A. Dyspnea in Takayasu Arteritis—An Ordinary Cause with An Extraordinary Link. Adv. Respir. Med. 2021, 89, 63-67. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0175

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Arora U, Vasavada AM, Vyas S, Ray A. Dyspnea in Takayasu Arteritis—An Ordinary Cause with An Extraordinary Link. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2021; 89(1):63-67. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0175

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Arora, Umang, Advait M. Vasavada, Surabhi Vyas, and Animesh Ray. 2021. "Dyspnea in Takayasu Arteritis—An Ordinary Cause with An Extraordinary Link" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 89, no. 1: 63-67. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0175

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Arora, U., Vasavada, A. M., Vyas, S., & Ray, A. (2021). Dyspnea in Takayasu Arteritis—An Ordinary Cause with An Extraordinary Link. Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 89(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2020.0175

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