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Arterite de Takayasu

Evidence last reviewed: 14 Apr 2026
Topic last updated: 10 Jan 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • claudicação dos membros superiores ou inferiores
  • ausência de pulso(s)
  • pressões arteriais desiguais
  • sopros vasculares
  • febre baixa
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Other diagnostic factors

  • ataque isquêmico transitório (AIT)
  • mialgia
  • artralgia
  • perda de peso
  • fadiga
  • tontura no esforço físico dos membros superiores
  • hipertensão
  • acidente vascular cerebral (AVC)
  • dor torácica
  • dor abdominal
  • diarreia
  • dispneia
  • hemoptise
  • sudorese noturna
  • vertigem
  • síncope
  • cefaleia
  • sopro cardíaco
  • sintomas visuais
  • eritema nodoso
  • pioderma gangrenoso
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Risk factors

  • predisposição genética
  • sexo feminino
  • idade <40 anos
  • etnicidade asiática
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS)
  • proteína C-reativa
  • angiotomografia (ATG)
  • angiografia por ressonância magnética (ARM)
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Tests to consider

  • ultrassonografia com Doppler
  • tomografia por emissão de pósitrons com fluordesoxiglucose radiomarcada (PET-FDG)
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

todos os pacientes

Colaboradores

Autores

Kenneth J. Warrington, MD
Kenneth J. Warrington

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Rochester

MN

Divulgaciones

KJW declares that he has received clinical trial support from Eli Lilly, BMS, and Kiniksa. He has received consulting fees and honoraria from Amgen and Sanofi. KJW is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Agradecimientos

Dr Kenneth J. Warrington would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Steven R. Ytterberg and Dr Eric L. Matteson, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

SRY declares that he was a sub-awardee of a grant from the US Food and Drug Administration for a pilot study of abatacept, a treatment for Takayasu's arteritis. SRY is also a member of the steering committee at the Vasculitis Clinical Research Committee. ELM declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Loic P. Guillevin, MD

Internal Medicine

Hopital Cochin-Paris University

St-Jacques

Paris

France

Divulgaciones

LPG declares that he has no competing interests.

Gene G. Hunder, MD

Department of Medicine

Division of Rheumatology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Divulgaciones

GGH is an author of a reference cited in this topic. GGH declares that he has no other competing interests.

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Artículos principales

Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ. Medium- and large-vessel vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 10;349(2):160-9. Resumen

Kerr GS. Takayasu's arteritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1995 Nov;21(4):1041-58. Resumen

Maz M, Chung SA, Abril A, et al. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation guideline for the management of giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Aug;73(8):1349-65.Texto completo  Resumen

Pugh D, Karabayas M, Basu N, et al. Large-vessel vasculitis. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2022 Jan 6;7(1):93.Texto completo  Resumen

Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, et al. 2022 ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease: a report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Dec 13;80(24):e223-393. Resumen

Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, et al. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for Takayasu arteritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Dec;81(12):1654-60.Texto completo  Resumen

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