Takayasu’s Arteritis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report from a Tertiary Care Infirmary in India

Background. Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory, progressive, idiopathic arteriopathy, afflicting young women of reproductive age group, causing narrowing, occlusion, and aneurysms of systemic and pulmonary arteries, especially the aorta and its branches. During pregnancy, suc...

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Published in:Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-6
Main Authors: Sharma, Manjula, Gaikwad, Harsha S., Mohindra, Ritin, Rajput, Monika, Sheeba, Marwah, Topden, Sonam R.
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Language:English
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Pregnant women
Takayasu's arteritis
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Summary:Background. Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory, progressive, idiopathic arteriopathy, afflicting young women of reproductive age group, causing narrowing, occlusion, and aneurysms of systemic and pulmonary arteries, especially the aorta and its branches. During pregnancy, such patients warrant special attention. An interdisciplinary collaboration of obstetricians, cardiologists, and neurologists is necessary to improve maternal and fetal prognosis. Here a case is reported where a patient with diagnosis of TA, complicated by neurological sequelae, successfully fought the vagaries of the condition twice to deliver uneventfully. Case. 25-year-old G2P1L1 presented at 34 weeks of gestation, with chronic hypertension, with TA, with epilepsy, and with late-onset severe IUGR. Following a multidisciplinary approach, she delivered an alive born low birth weight baby (following induction). Her postpartum course remained uneventful. Conclusion. Pregnancy with TA poses a stringent challenge to an obstetrician. Despite advancements in cardiovascular management and advent of new-fangled drugs, the optimal management for pregnant patients with this disease still remains elusive.
ISSN:2090-6684
2090-6692
DOI:10.1155/2017/2403451