Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report

Takayasu’s arteritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory vasculitis of large blood vessels with an unknown aetiology that more frequently affects women of childbearing age with progression to stenosis, fibrosis or thrombogenesis. Clinical manifestations are associated either with inflammation of the v...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Victoria Birlutiu, Rares-Mircea Birlutiu, Mariana Sandu, Emmanuel Mihali-Oniga
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/69b82fb996774e40bb1a95964d63b9b6
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:69b82fb996774e40bb1a95964d63b9b6
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:69b82fb996774e40bb1a95964d63b9b62021-11-10T01:03:20ZIs prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report1473-230010.1177/03000605211055388https://doaj.org/article/69b82fb996774e40bb1a95964d63b9b62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/03000605211055388https://doaj.org/toc/1473-2300Takayasu’s arteritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory vasculitis of large blood vessels with an unknown aetiology that more frequently affects women of childbearing age with progression to stenosis, fibrosis or thrombogenesis. Clinical manifestations are associated either with inflammation of the vascular wall (including fever, myalgia, arthralgia, weight loss) or the development of aneurysms and extensive vascular lesions, which creates challenges for a differential diagnosis. This current report presents the case of a female Caucasian patient, aged 23 years, that presented herself repetitively at the hospital reporting symptoms including fever, productive cough, myalgia associated with physical effort, arthralgia, inconstant headache, weight loss and altered general condition. The patient was diagnosed with Takayasu’s arteritis in the context of a prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis. This association results in the need to exclude multiple differential diagnoses. Nonspecific management was initiated, which included antibiotic treatment, antifungal medication, anticoagulants, steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and correction of anaemia. The patient slowly improved. Takayasu’s arteritis in the inflammatory phase associated with a prolonged febrile syndrome and reactive thrombocytosis is a rare diagnosis of exclusion of a multitude of inflammatory diseases of large blood vessels, infectious diseases and neurofibromatosis, which requires multiple investigations for an accurate diagnosis and management.Victoria BirlutiuRares-Mircea BirlutiuMariana SanduEmmanuel Mihali-OnigaSAGE PublishingarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of International Medical Research, Vol 49 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	Medicine (General) R5-920 Victoria Birlutiu Rares-Mircea Birlutiu Mariana Sandu Emmanuel Mihali-Oniga Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
description	Takayasu’s arteritis is a rare, systemic, inflammatory vasculitis of large blood vessels with an unknown aetiology that more frequently affects women of childbearing age with progression to stenosis, fibrosis or thrombogenesis. Clinical manifestations are associated either with inflammation of the vascular wall (including fever, myalgia, arthralgia, weight loss) or the development of aneurysms and extensive vascular lesions, which creates challenges for a differential diagnosis. This current report presents the case of a female Caucasian patient, aged 23 years, that presented herself repetitively at the hospital reporting symptoms including fever, productive cough, myalgia associated with physical effort, arthralgia, inconstant headache, weight loss and altered general condition. The patient was diagnosed with Takayasu’s arteritis in the context of a prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis. This association results in the need to exclude multiple differential diagnoses. Nonspecific management was initiated, which included antibiotic treatment, antifungal medication, anticoagulants, steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and correction of anaemia. The patient slowly improved. Takayasu’s arteritis in the inflammatory phase associated with a prolonged febrile syndrome and reactive thrombocytosis is a rare diagnosis of exclusion of a multitude of inflammatory diseases of large blood vessels, infectious diseases and neurofibromatosis, which requires multiple investigations for an accurate diagnosis and management.
format	article
author	Victoria Birlutiu Rares-Mircea Birlutiu Mariana Sandu Emmanuel Mihali-Oniga
author_facet	Victoria Birlutiu Rares-Mircea Birlutiu Mariana Sandu Emmanuel Mihali-Oniga
author_sort	Victoria Birlutiu
title	Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
title_short	Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
title_full	Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
title_fullStr	Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
title_full_unstemmed	Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report
title_sort	is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of takayasu’s arteritis? a case report
publisher	SAGE Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/69b82fb996774e40bb1a95964d63b9b6
work_keys_str_mv	AT victoriabirlutiu isprolongedfebrilesyndromeassociatedwithreactivethrombocytosisapossibleassociationinthediagnosisoftakayasusarteritisacasereport AT raresmirceabirlutiu isprolongedfebrilesyndromeassociatedwithreactivethrombocytosisapossibleassociationinthediagnosisoftakayasusarteritisacasereport AT marianasandu isprolongedfebrilesyndromeassociatedwithreactivethrombocytosisapossibleassociationinthediagnosisoftakayasusarteritisacasereport AT emmanuelmihalioniga isprolongedfebrilesyndromeassociatedwithreactivethrombocytosisapossibleassociationinthediagnosisoftakayasusarteritisacasereport
_version_	1718440751170322432

Is prolonged febrile syndrome associated with reactive thrombocytosis a possible association in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis? A case report

Ejemplares similares