Takayasu arteritis presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax

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Hizal M., Demir S., Polat S. E., ÖZEN S., Kiper N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.62, sa.5, ss.879-883, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.24953/turkjped.2020.05.024
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.879-883
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: spontaneous pneumothorax, Takayasu arteritis, SECONDARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background. Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory arteritis that affects the large blood vessels. Pulmonary involvement was considered an uncommon manifestation of the disease and spontaneous pneumothorax has not been previously described in association with TA.