[Takayasu's disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child]. / Doença de Takayasu com grave envolvimento cardíaco e arterial em pré-escolar.

The authors describe a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a child of only 3 years of age, emphasizing the rarity of this disease in this age group. The child was admitted to the emergency room in a post-convulsive state after a tonic-clonic seizure. After a detailed clinical examination, extensive diagnostic tests, and observation of the clinical evolution, the diagnosis was Takayasu's disease with severe cardiac and arterial involvement. The report warns pediatricians and cardiologists to awareness of the possibility of this disease in very small infants, in countries where it is underdiagnosed.

Doença de Takayasu com grave envolvimento cardíaco e arterial em pré-escolar / Takayasu's disease with severe heart and arterial involvement in a preschool-age child / Enfermedad de takayasu con grave compromiso cardíaco y arterial en pre-escolar

Neste artigo os autores descrevem um caso de arterite de Takayasu em uma criança de apenas 3 anos de idade, ressaltando-se a raridade dessa doença nessa faixa etária. A criança foi atendida em serviço de urgência em estado pós-comicial de convulsão tônico-clônica generalizada. Após exame clínico detalhado, vasta propedêutica e evolução do quadro clínico, fez-se o diagnóstico de doença de Takayasu com grave envolvimento cardíaco e arterial. O relato desse caso alerta pediatras e cardiologistas para o reconhecimento dessa entidade em crianças de baixa idade, nos países em que ela é pouco diagnosticada.

The authors describe a case of Takayasu's arteritis in a child of only 3 years of age, emphasizing the rarity of this disease in this age group. The child was admitted to the emergency room in a post-convulsive state after a tonic-clonic seizure. After a detailed clinical examination, extensive diagnostic tests, and observation of the clinical evolution, the diagnosis was Takayasu's disease with severe cardiac and arterial involvement. The report warns pediatricians and cardiologists to awareness of the possibility of this disease in very small infants, in countries where it is underdiagnosed.

En este artículo los autores describen un caso de arteritis de Takayasu en una criatura de apenas 3 años de edad, destacándose la rareza de esa enfermedad en esa franja etárea. La criatura fue atendida en servicio de urgencia en estado post comicial de convulsión tónico-clónica generalizada. Después de examen clínico detallado, vasta propedéutica y evolución del cuadro clínico, se hizo el diagnóstico de enfermedad de Takayasu con grave compromiso cardíaco y arterial. El relato de este caso alerta pediatras y cardiólogos sobre el reconocimiento de esa entidad en criaturas de baja edad, en los países en que ésta es poco diagnosticada.

Cardiac tamponade as a rare form of presentation of rheumatic carditis.

In this article the authors describe a clinical case of acute rheumatic fever (according to revised Jones criteria, American Heart Association [AHA], 1992) with cardiac tamponade, emphasizing this uncommon presentation. An adolescent patient with a clinical picture of cardiac tamponade was seen in the emergency department. Clinical progression and tests demonstrated rheumatic carditis with an initial manifestation of pericarditis with cardiac tamponade. This report aims to warn physicians about the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis in an unusual clinical presentation, in cases of cardiac tamponade, particularly in school-aged children and adolescents in countries with a high prevalence of rheumatic fever. The literature contains only two documented cases of cardiac tamponade related to acute rheumatic fever, and this case represents a third.