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

Taciana Fernandes Araújo Ferreira; Marlene Freire; Reginaldo Botelho Teodoro

doi:10.1016/j.rbre.2015.07.001

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

Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed. 2016 Jan-Feb;56(1):90-2. doi: 10.1016/j.rbre.2015.07.001. Epub 2015 Nov 20.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Taciana Fernandes Araújo Ferreira¹, Marlene Freire², Reginaldo Botelho Teodoro²

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Discipline of Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, MG, Brazil.

PMID: 27267341
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2015.07.001

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Arterite de Takayasu; Febre reumática; Heart failure; Insuficiência cardíaca; Rheumatic fever; Takayasu arteritis; Valve disease; Valvopatia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans
Rheumatic Fever / diagnosis*
Takayasu Arteritis / diagnosis*