O'Connor Mortimer B, O'Donovan Neil, Bond Ursula, Phelan Mark J
Department of Medicine, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Department of Rheumatology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jan 10;2017:bcr2016217313. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217313.
Takayasu arteritis is a rare large vessel vasculitis which has traditionally been treated with high-dose steroids. There have been a small number of publications where biological agents have been used to manage refractory cases. To the authors knowledge, there are no publications using biological agents in combination with steroids as a first-line treatment in Takayasu arteritis. In this publication, we document the case of Takayasu arteritis, in a 39-year-old woman, where rituximab was used in combination with steroids as a first-line agent in the setting of poorly controlled bipolar affective disorder.
高安动脉炎是一种罕见的大血管血管炎,传统上采用大剂量类固醇进行治疗。已有少数出版物报道使用生物制剂治疗难治性病例。据作者所知,尚无关于在高安动脉炎中使用生物制剂联合类固醇作为一线治疗的出版物。在本出版物中,我们记录了一名39岁女性高安动脉炎的病例,该患者在双相情感障碍控制不佳的情况下,使用利妥昔单抗联合类固醇作为一线药物治疗。