Sudden Death in a 10-Year-Old Boy with Coronary
Arteritis and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis – A Case of
Takayasu Arteritis
Volume 4 - Issue 2
Morild Inge
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
Received: December 10, 2019; Published: December 17, 2019
*Corresponding author: Morild Inge, Gade Laboratory of Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, 5021 Haukeland University
Hospital, Norway
DOI: 10.32474/LOJMS.2019.04.000183
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Abstract
Takayasu arteritis is an uncommon chronic arteritis of unknown etiology, which primarily affects large vessels, such as aorta
and its main branches, resulting in ischemia from gradual stenosis of involved arteries. It may also involve the coronary arteries,
and lead to myocardial infarction and sudden death. Misdiagnoses, especially in children is not uncommon. In the present case a
10-year old boy with recently diagnosed retroperitoneal fibrosis and ureteral stenoses died suddenly. In addition to retroperitoneal
fibrosis, with affection of the aorta, the autopsy revealed extensive coronary stenosing, and old myocardial infarctions. The findings
were interpreted as caused by widespread, unknown Takayasu arteritis.
Keywords: Takayasu arteritis; Coronary arteries; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death; Retroperitoneal fibrosis
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