02 August 2020: Articles
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 Mangouka A , Berthe Amélie Iroungou A , Berthold Bivigou-Mboumba B* , Davy Ngabou D , El Medhi Badidi Moulay A , Abdelatif Darbi D , Jean Raymond Nzenze ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.920195
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e920195
Table 4. American College of Rheumatology Criteria for Takayasu arteritis.
| Age at disease onset ≤40 | Yes: Patient was 39 years old at diagnosis |
| Claudication of extremities | Yes: Patient developed numbness and tingling of the left arm |
| Blood pressure difference >10 mmHg | Yes: Difference of 19 mmHg in systolic blood pressure between arms |
| Abnormal arteriogram | Yes: Patient presented a circular right axillar aneurism and 2 infra-renal right aneurisms |