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Takayasu disease with prominent pulmonary artery involvement: confusion with pulmonary disease leading to delayed diagnosis

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Modern Rheumatology

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Pulmonary artery involvement as the initial predominant clinical manifestation in Takayasu arteritis (TA) is rare. We describe a young adult female who presented with life-threatening complications of proximal pulmonary arterial involvement of Takayasu arteritis. In our case, atypical presentation of TA with pulmonary symptoms due to pulmonary artery involvement resulted in an erroneous initial diagnosis of sarcoidosis and then tuberculosis. The frequency of such a clinical form could be underestimated given the difficulties involved in its diagnosis and because its features are similar to those of pulmonary disease.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bilgehan Karadag, Dursun Duman, Zeki Ongen & Vural Ali Vural

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Hasan Kilic & Hasan Yazici

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Karadag, B., Kilic, H., Duman, D. et al. Takayasu disease with prominent pulmonary artery involvement: confusion with pulmonary disease leading to delayed diagnosis. Mod Rheumatol 18, 507–510 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-008-0081-9

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