Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis

Aortoarteritis is an inflammatory condition of the aorta, which has been rarely reported due to tuberculous infection. We report two cases of children who had aortoarteritis along with tuberculosis (TB), of which one had collapse consolidation and the other had latent TB. Both patients were treated...

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Main Authors: Anmol Goyal, Ira Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=1;spage=153;epage=154;aulast=Goyal
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description Aortoarteritis is an inflammatory condition of the aorta, which has been rarely reported due to tuberculous infection. We report two cases of children who had aortoarteritis along with tuberculosis (TB), of which one had collapse consolidation and the other had latent TB. Both patients were treated with anti-TB therapy and steroids.
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spelling doaj.art-69667a169bad4d328675c304159b26c02022-12-22T01:37:12ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632017-01-016115315410.4103/2249-4863.214978Aortoarteritis with tuberculosisAnmol GoyalIra ShahAortoarteritis is an inflammatory condition of the aorta, which has been rarely reported due to tuberculous infection. We report two cases of children who had aortoarteritis along with tuberculosis (TB), of which one had collapse consolidation and the other had latent TB. Both patients were treated with anti-TB therapy and steroids.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=1;spage=153;epage=154;aulast=GoyalAortoarteritischildrentuberculosis
spellingShingle Anmol Goyal
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title Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
title_full Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
title_fullStr Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
title_short Aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
title_sort aortoarteritis with tuberculosis
topic Aortoarteritis
children
tuberculosis
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