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Giant aortic aneurysm in a child with Takayasu arteritis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2015

Ihab Halaweish ,
Himanshu Patel  and
Ming-Sing Si
Ihab Halaweish
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sections of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and Adult Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Himanshu Patel
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sections of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and Adult Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Ming-Sing Si*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sections of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and Adult Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: M.-S. Si, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, 11-735 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, 1540 E. Hospital Drive, SPC 4204, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4204, United States of America. Tel: +734 936 4978; Fax: +734 232 8595; E-mail: mingsing@umich.edu
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Abstract

Takayasu arteritis is a chronic, idiopathic, granulomatous vasculitis involving the aorta, its major branches, and occasionally the pulmonary arteries. Although rare in children, it is the third most common vasculitis in the paediatric population. Although aneurysmal disease has been reported in adults with Takayasu arteritis, it is a rare entity in children. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy with a giant ascending and arch aneurysm that necessitated follow-up surgery for a new aneurysm and occlusive disease. This is also the first published case involving endovascular aortic graft placement for the management of vascular sequela of Takayasu arteritis in a child.

Keywords

AneurysmTakayasuarteritisendovascularpaediatric
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , March 2016 , pp. 593 - 595
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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