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Anales de la Facultad de Medicina

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Abstract

ARANDA-PANIORA, Franklin; SCHULT MONTOYA, Sandra  and  PONCE VILCA, Patricia. Takayasu arteritis in an adolescent, case report. An. Fac. med. [online]. 2016, vol.77, n.2, pp.167-170. ISSN 1025-5583.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i2.11822.

Takayasu arteritis is a rare entity in pediatrics and clinical presentation raises several differential diagnoses. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with generalized tonic clonic seizures and stage 2 hypertension referred for study to the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño in Lima, Peru. Diagnostic criteria, evolution and treatment are reviewed.

Keywords : Takayasu’s Arteritis; Hypertension; Pediatrics.

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