Difficulties in the differential diagnosis between Takayasu arteritis and rheumatic fever: case report

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• 作者：Taciana Fernandes Araú ; jo Ferreira^a ; ^{taciferreira@yahoo.com.br" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Marlene Freire^b ; Reginaldo Botelho Teodoro^b
• 关键词：Takayasu arteritis ; Rheumatic fever ; Valve disease ; Heart failure
• 刊名：Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：56
• 期：1
• 页码：90-92
• 全文大小：391 K

文摘

In this article, we present the case of a patient with heart failure with biological aortic valve prosthesis and multiple vascular changes consistent with Takayasu arteritis (TA) who was seen in our department receiving corticosteroids and secondary prevention of rheumatic fever (RF); it was not possible to exclude the association between both diseases.