Open AccessUnilateral pleural effusion secondary to Takayasu arteritis: a case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Ling Chen,
Tao Ma,
Liang Wang,
Lixin Wang,
Minmin Li,
Rixiang Zhu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of biomedical research/journal of biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2352-4685
pISSN - 1674-8301
DOI - 10.7555/jbr.36.20210190
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , cardiology , pulmonary artery , takayasu arteritis , arteritis , heart failure , presentation (obstetrics) , pericardial effusion , aorta , effusion , radiology , disease , surgery , vasculitis
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic, nonspecific inflammatory disease of large and medium-sized vessels that primarily involves the aorta and its branches. TA involving the pulmonary arteries has a prevalence ranging from 14% to 86%, which can lead to pulmonary hypertension, a progressive increase in pulmonary artery pressure, and eventually death from right heart failure. The presentation of pulmonary arteritis (PA) is very nonspecific, with a reported misdiagnosis rate of up to 60% and a diagnosis time ranging from 1 month to more than 10 years. The clinical manifestation of pleural effusion is very rare in both TA and PA cases. Based on our literature review, this is the 6 th reported case of TA with pleural effusion, and the specific mechanism of TA with pleural effusion is still unclear. The characteristics of this case and the previously reported cases are summarized in this article to improve the understanding of TA and PA and reduce the misdiagnosis rate.