Abstract

ACUNA AGUILARTE, Wenceslao Felipe; SAEZ CANTERO, Viviana  and  LEON PINO, Jany del Carmen. Takayasu arteritis and pregnancy. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2009, vol.35, n.4, pp.137-144. ISSN 0138-600X.

Takayasu's arteritis is a nonspecific, chronic, inflammatory and vascular disease, its etiology is unknown usually occluding one or more of the large branches of the aortic arch, with a high incidence during reproductive age. Disease condition at pregnancy onset is a decisive factor for its further management. From multidisciplinary surveillance will depend in large extent the favorable maternal-fetal result. This is the case of a pregnant aged 20 diagnosed with Takayasu's arteritis during one year prior to conception and with a complications-free pregnancy and labor under follow-up in Obstetrics Service of "Enrique Cabrera" Hospital. Literature on this matter was reviewed and its relation to pregnancy, with a brief exposition of clinical features, diagnosis, management and disease prognosis.

Keywords : Takayasu's arteritis; complicated pregnancy.

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