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Improvement of Arterial Wall Lesions in Parallel with Decrease of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in a Patient with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis after Treatment with Tocilizumab
المؤلفون المشاركون
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2017 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2017-06-06
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
A 19-year-old Japanese woman with active Takayasu arteritis despite multiple conventional immunosuppressive therapies with glucocorticoids in combination with intravenous cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, or infliximab with methotrexate and tacrolimus was successfully treated by switching from infliximab to intravenous tocilizumab.
Worsening of claudication of the legs and elevated acute phase reactants, including plasma pentraxin-3 levels, were observed during combination therapy with infliximab.
Computed tomography demonstrated increased wall thickening with contrast enhancement in the preexisting lesion of the descending aorta and the femoral arteries.
After switching from infliximab to tocilizumab, plasma pentraxin-3 levels gradually decreased to the normal range in parallel with the improvement of claudication.
Follow-up computed tomographic scans confirmed the marked improvement of these arterial lesions.
Moreover, plasma pentraxin-3 level was increased in response to the worsening of claudication that occurred just after switching to a subcutaneous tocilizumab injection.
Measurements of plasma pentraxin-3 might be useful for evaluation of the vascular wall inflammation and therapeutic efficacy even during biologic therapy targeting tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-6.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Iwagaitsu, Shiho& Naniwa, Taio. 2017. Improvement of Arterial Wall Lesions in Parallel with Decrease of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in a Patient with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis after Treatment with Tocilizumab. Case Reports in Rheumatology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149953
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Iwagaitsu, Shiho& Naniwa, Taio. Improvement of Arterial Wall Lesions in Parallel with Decrease of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in a Patient with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis after Treatment with Tocilizumab. Case Reports in Rheumatology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149953
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Iwagaitsu, Shiho& Naniwa, Taio. Improvement of Arterial Wall Lesions in Parallel with Decrease of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Levels in a Patient with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis after Treatment with Tocilizumab. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149953
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1149953
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