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Takayasu's disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child
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Takayasu's disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child

Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo et al. Zilda Maria Alves Meira Fabiana Arantes de Araújo Glaucia Maria Vasconcelos Severiano Kelly Nascimento Brandão

The authors describe a case of Takayasu’s arteritis in a child of only 3 years of age, emphasizing the rarity of this disease in this age group. The child was admitted to the emergency room in a post-convulsive state after a tonic-clonic seizure. After a detailed clinical examination, extensive diagnostic tests, and observation of the clinical evolution, the diagnosis was Takayasu’s disease with severe cardiac and arterial involvement. The report warns pediatricians and cardiologists to awareness of the possibility of this disease in very small infants, in countries where it is underdiagnosed.

  • child preschool
  • pre-escolar
  • vasculitis
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26/01/2011 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2010001400026

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Araújo FDR, Meira ZMA, Araújo FA, Severiano GMV, Brandão KN. Takayasu’s disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2011;95(4):e101-4.

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Araújo, Fátima Derlene da Rocha; Meira, Zilda Maria Alves; Araújo, Fabiana Arantes de; Severiano, Glaucia Maria Vasconcelos; Brandão, Kelly Nascimento. Takayasu’s disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 95, n. 4, p. e101-e104, Jan. 2011.

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Araújo, F. D. R., Meira, Z. M. A., Araújo, F. A. , Severiano, G. M. V., & Brandão, K. N. (2011). Takayasu’s disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 95(4), e101-e104.

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Araújo, Fátima Derlene da Rocha and Meira, Zilda Maria Alves and Araújo, Fabiana Arantes de and Severiano, Glaucia Maria Vasconcelos and Brandão, Kelly Nascimento. Takayasu’s disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2011, vol. 95, n. 4, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. e101-e104. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/takayasus-disease-with-severe-heart-and-arterial-involvement-in-a-preschool-age-child/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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