Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 43 No. (1-4), 2011.
Case report
Clinical presentation and diagnostic methods of Takayasu arteritis – case study
Ivanka Štenc Bradvica
Silvija Butković-Soldo
Davor Jančuljak
Abstract
Takayasu arteritis is a rare form of vasculitis characterized in early phases of the disease by unclear symptoms which may not be recognized for a long period of time. In the majority of Takayasu arteritis cases the diagnosis is first established in the second phase of the disease when the majority of possible complications occur as a consequence of arterial stenosis. Color doppler flow imaging is the diagnostic method of choice for evaluation and follow up of the artery wall thickening progression in all phases of the disease.
Keywords
Takayasu arteritis – diagnosis; Ultrasonography, Doppler, color; Ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial; Tomography, x-ray computed - methods
Hrčak ID:
198054
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2011.
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