02 August 2020
: Case report
Takayasu Arteritis Associated with Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A 39-Year-Old Woman Is the First Case in Gabon
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Patient complains / malpractice, Rare disease
Guignali Laurette Mangouka1ABCDEF, Berthe Amélie Iroungou2ABCDEF, Berthold Bivigou-Mboumba3BCDEF*, Davy Ngabou4DF, El Medhi Badidi Moulay5ADF, Abdelatif Darbi6DF, Jean Raymond Nzenze1AEFGDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.920195
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e920195
Table 1. Laboratories tests/laboratory data.
| Variable | Reference range, adults | Primary care surgery (21/08/2016) | Internal medicine (15/09/2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematocrit (%) | 36–46 | 35.0 | 36.9 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 12–16 | 11.0 | 11.8 |
| White-cell count (per mm) | 4000–10,000 | 10,200 | 7,500 |
| Differential (%) | |||
| Neutrophils | 40–70 | 51.4 | 50 |
| Lymphocytes | 20–44 | 41.6 | 43 |
| Monocytes | 4–10 | 4.5 | 4 |
| Eosinophils | 0–7 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Basophils | 0–3 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Platelets (per mm) | 150,000–400,000 | 316,000 | |
| Mean corpuscular volume (fl) | 80–100 | 77 | 80 |
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hour) | <10 | – | |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/liter) | 7–40 | 12 | 18 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/liter) | 7–40 | 13 | 10 |
| Gamma-glutamyl transferase (U/liter) | 7–33 | – | 10 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/liter) | 40–110 | – | 64 |
| Urea (mmol/L) | 2.5–8 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| Creatinine (µmol/L) | 50–100 | 90 | 55 |
| C reactive protein (mg/L) | <6 | ||
| Lipid profile (Pentra 400 HORIBA) | |||
| Triglycerides (g/L) | 0.40–1.40 | 0.76 | |
| Cholesterol total (HITACHI) | 1.47–2.40 | 1.71 | |
| LDL cholesterol (g/L) | <1.30 | 1.14 | |
| HDL cholesterol (g/L) | 0.52–0.80 | 0.45 |






