Opastirakul Sauwalak, Chartapisak Wattana, Sirivanichai Chusak
Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2004 Apr;19(4):463-6. doi: 10.1007/s00467-003-1406-8. Epub 2004 Feb 21.
Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory disease that affects the aorta and its main branches. Its etiology is obscure. Its association with systemic lupus erythematosus has been reported in the English literature in about 20 cases worldwide, and a relationship with a positive tuberculin test, either with or without tuberculosis, has also been mentioned. We report a pediatric patient who presented with renovascular hypertension secondary to Takayasu arteritis associated with a strongly positive tuberculin test and who subsequently developed possible systemic lupus erythematosus 8 months later.
高安动脉炎是一种影响主动脉及其主要分支的炎症性疾病。其病因尚不清楚。英文文献中已报道全球约20例高安动脉炎与系统性红斑狼疮相关,也有人提到其与结核菌素试验阳性(无论有无结核病)之间的关系。我们报告了一名儿科患者,该患者因高安动脉炎继发肾血管性高血压,结核菌素试验呈强阳性,8个月后继而可能发展为系统性红斑狼疮。