Infantile Takayasu : clinical features and long-term outcome

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OBJECTIVES: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a large-vessel vasculitis rarely reported in children and infants. Most articles on paediatric TAK have not focused on infants. We present the largest case series of infantile TAK, aiming to identify its demographic and clinical characteristics and compare them with existing data on older children.

METHODS: We conducted an international multicentre retrospective cohort study. Epidemiological and clinical data were collected from patients' charts from six rheumatology centres. All patients met both the EULAR/PReS 2008 criteria and the 1990 ACR/EULAR criteria and were diagnosed with TAK at age <5 years.

RESULTS: Twelve patients were included (50% female). Median age of symptom onset was 11 months, with a diagnostic delay of 4 months. The most common symptoms at presentation were hypertension, blood pressure differences between limbs, and fever. The most commonly involved arteries were the abdominal aorta and renal artery. Medications included steroids, conventional and biologic DMARDs, and other immunosuppressive therapies. Half of the patients received biologic agents, of which infliximab had the highest complete remission rate (40%). Other medications resulting in complete remission were CYC (40%) and MTX (38%). Invasive procedures were required for 58% of patients. The most common complications were cardiac (50%), stroke (42%), and serious infections (33%). No patients died.

CONCLUSION: This study presents the largest series of infantile TAK. Compared with other reported series on older children, infants with TAK have more severe disease and were more likely to receive biologic agents, develop complications, and require invasive interventions.

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CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Sep 1;62(9):2946-2947. - PMID 36975614

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 62(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 3126-3132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miller-Barmak, Adi [VerfasserIn]
Sztajnbok, Flavio [VerfasserIn]
Balik, Zeynep [VerfasserIn]
Borzutzky, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Fogel, Leslie A [VerfasserIn]
Goldzweig, Ofra [VerfasserIn]
Ozen, Seza [VerfasserIn]
Butbul Aviel, Yonatan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antirheumatic Agents
B72HH48FLU
Biological Factors
Children
Infantile
Infliximab
Journal Article
Paediatric
Takayasu arteritis
Vasculitis

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Date Completed 13.09.2023

Date Revised 13.09.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Sep 1;62(9):2946-2947. - PMID 36975614

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keac691

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NLM350074208