Steroid Resistant Takayasu Arteritis

Authors

  • Malay Kumar Dasgupta R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04
  • Sabyasachi Das R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04
  • Debasree Guha R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i2.7113

Keywords:

Takayasu arteritis, angiography, steroid resistant

Abstract

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA), a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the aorta, its branches and the pulmonary arteries has become increasingly recognized as a worldwide entity, with a variable spectrum of disease expression. Here in a case of paediatric Takayasu arteritis affecting purely the arch of aorta and it’s branches that was steroid resistant.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i2.7113  

J Nepal Paediatr Soc. 2013; 33(2):144-146

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Author Biographies

Malay Kumar Dasgupta, R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04

Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Sabyasachi Das, R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04

Senior Resident, Department of Paediatrics

Debasree Guha, R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04

RMO, Department of Paediatrics

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Published

2013-10-07

How to Cite

Dasgupta, M. K., Das, S., & Guha, D. (2013). Steroid Resistant Takayasu Arteritis. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 33(2), 144–146. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i2.7113

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Brief Reports/Case Reports/Case Series

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