Clinical case report of a female patient with type IV takayasu arteritis

Suyumov A.S.

Republican Specialized Centre of Surgery named after Academician V.V. Vakhidov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Described in the article is a case report concerning a female patient presenting with aortic valve insufficiency, lesions of the pulmonary artery, aortic arch branches, visceral and renal arteries, aneurysm of the whole aorta on the background of nonspecific aortoarteritis (NAA).

Lesions of the pulmonary artery, aorta and its branches were diagnosed by means of MSCT angiography, which is the most informative method of study in this cohort of patients, making it possible to accurately diagnose both the degree of the lesion and its extent, as well as to carry out dynamic follow up of patients.

KEY WORDS: nonspecific aortoarteritis (NAA), Takayasu disease.

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