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

Joint Authors

Sheeba, Marwah
Rajput, Monika
Mohindra, Ritin
Gaikwad, Harsha S.
Sharma, Manjula
Topden, Sonam R.

Source

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-02-07

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Sheeba, Marwah& Rajput, Monika& Mohindra, Ritin& Gaikwad, Harsha S.& Sharma, Manjula& Topden, Sonam R.. 2017. Takayasu’s Arteritis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report from a Tertiary Care Infirmary in India. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147319

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Sheeba, Marwah…[et al.]. Takayasu’s Arteritis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report from a Tertiary Care Infirmary in India. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147319

American Medical Association (AMA)

Sheeba, Marwah& Rajput, Monika& Mohindra, Ritin& Gaikwad, Harsha S.& Sharma, Manjula& Topden, Sonam R.. Takayasu’s Arteritis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report from a Tertiary Care Infirmary in India. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1147319

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1147319