Takayasu Arteritis in a 15-Year-Old Male Presenting with Constitutional Symptoms and Upper Limb Pulse Deficit: A Case Report a Resource-Limited Settings
Hamda Abdirahman Mohamed, Nouh Ismail Botan, Sadam Ismail Ahmed, Mustafe Jamal Qawdhan · 2026
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Hamda Abdirahman Mohamed and co-authors (2026) report a fifteen-year-old boy diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis in a resource-limited setting. It is a chronic inflammation of the aorta and its main branches. It is rare in teenagers, and its early signs are vague: fever, tiredness, and aching joints. That vagueness often delays diagnosis while arteries narrow.
The boy had months of low-grade fever, easy fatigue, and spreading joint pain. Three weeks before diagnosis he developed chest pain, vomiting, and major weight loss. On examination, his left arm pulses were absent, and blood pressure readings differed between arms. Blood tests showed the anemia chronic inflammation produces. The authors walk through how the diagnosis was assembled despite limited imaging and laboratory resources. The case argues for suspecting large-vessel vasculitis when a young patient has months of unexplained fever and a missing pulse.
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| CREATOR | Hamda Abdirahman Mohamed, Nouh Ismail Botan, Sadam Ismail Ahmed, Mustafe Jamal Qawdhan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |