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 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 |






