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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Bilateral Takayasu's retinopathy as the initial presentation of Takayasu's arteritis.

Vikas Ambiya, Abhishek Kumar, Vijay K Sharma, Ashok Sharma

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Vikas AmbiyaArmed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India vikasambiya@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-2268
Abhishek KumarArmy Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi, Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-5118
Vijay K SharmaArmed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ashok SharmaArmed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a woman in her 30s, who exhibited visual symptoms and ophthalmic manifestations of the disease, specifically Takayasu's retinopathy stage 4, in both eyes. Despite severe narrowing of all branches of the aortic arch and compromised perfusion in both upper limbs, she had no history of intermittent claudication. Doppler study and CT angiography revealed diffuse circumferential wall thickening of bilateral common carotid, subclavian and axillary arteries. Treatment involved retinal laser photocoagulation and immune suppression. This case underscores that advanced Takayasu's retinopathy can be an initial presentation of Takayasu's arteritis even in a state of severely compromised peripheral limb circulation.

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Takayasu ArteritisAdultAxillary ArteryComputed Tomography AngiographyFemaleHumansLaser CoagulationRetinal DiseasesSubclavian Arteryretinavasculitis

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PMID38684359
PMCPMC11146380

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