Aortic Diseases

Non un semplice stridor

Rossi D, Sadou Y, Gilardi C

2026/2 — pag. 45-46 — DOI

A 4-year-old neonate presented with inspiratory stridor and respiratory distress due to tracheal compression. Echocardiography and CT scans documented a double aortic arch with a dominant right arch and hypoplastic left arch. Cardiac surgical correct...

Arterite di Takayasu in paziente con febbre persistente sine focus

Demontis C, Stagi C.

2026/1 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized for fever of unknown origin (FUO) and elevated inflammatory markers. After ruling out oncological causes, a total-body MRI revealed ‘cuff-like’ inflammation of the aorta that led to a diagnosis of Takayasu arteri...

Un caso anomalo di stridor alla nascita: raccomandazioni per diagnosi e prevenzione delle complicanze del neonato con doppio arco aortico

Valencic I, Tarì EM, Moccia E, Vitali F, Corvaglia L.

2025/8 — pag. 531 — DOI

Double aortic arch (DAA) is a rare congenital vascular malformation that forms a ring around the oesophagus and trachea, with a prevalence of 0.005% and chromosomal abnormalities associated in only 24% of cases. The most common symptoms are noisy bre...

Vasculiti facili e difficili: cosa deve sapere e saper fare un pediatra

De Nardi L, Petrone MI, Benvenuto S, Natoli V, Abu-Rumeileh S, Castaldo B, De Benedetti F.

2023/5 — pag. 286-298 — DOI

Vasculitis is defined by a state of inflammation of the blood vessel walls. It can result in formation of either aneurysms or stenosis with ischemia and necrosis. The heterogeneity of clinical presentation depends on the type and size of the vessels ...

Un’anemia cronica che nasconde una vasculite

Cernich M, Baggio L, Guarnieri M

2022/8 — pag. 171-171 — DOI

The case of a 14-year-old anaemic girl with paraesthesia finally diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis is presented and discussed....

Vaccinazioni in gravidanza: dalla pertosse al Covid Chirurgia prenatale: efficace a lungo termine nel mielomeningocele Microbi efficienti… al posto del pane. Ovvero: come i ricchi pensano al bene dei poveri Rituximab (e sindrome nefrosica corticodipendente) Anelli vascolari e anomalie dell’arco aortico

2021/5 — pag. 283-284 — DOI

Un suono che inganna: quando sospettare il doppio arco aortico

Giannone V, Goia M, Bignamini E

2021/4 — pag. 109-113 — DOI

The article describes a case of a 10-month-old male infant presenting with respiratory distress, laryngotracheitis and double aortic arch (DAA). Tracheal compression by vascular structures in infants is uncommon and may be masked by nonspecific respi...

L’anello vascolare di Veronica

F. Corrias

2020/1 — pag. 12-13

Febbre persistente, dolore toracico e artrite di Takayasu

B. Filippini, B. Bigucci, F. Mascella, M. Gattorno, G. Vergine

2018/5 — pag. 331-334

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is an extremely rare vasculitis that presents in paediatric age that typically affects adolescents. Clinical manifestations of TA are polymorph and in the fists stage of the disease systemic aspecific symptoms such as fev...

Stridor di archi

C. Geraci, E. Benelli

2011/6

Le vasculiti “maggiori” in età pediatrica

M. Pavan, F. Marchetti, L. Lepore

2011/4 — pag. 223-228

The most common vasculitides in children are Schönlein-Henoch purpura and Kawasaki disease, both of which are usually easy to diagnose and treat and have a good prognosis. Nevertheless, the typical adult vasculitides, such as Takayasu arteritis, We...

Le boccacce fanno bene a bambiniScuola: merenda di frutta gratisNon spiate i figli su Facebook, parlateL’anno che verrà per gli alunni disabiliMapping genetico per spiegare l’asma infantileArtrite di Takayasu in bambini e adolescentiVia libera a una legge sulla dislessia che superi le discriminazioniDal ministero della salute un decalogo per l’uso corretto dei farmaci

a cura Maria Valentina Abate, I. Bruno e Alessandra Perco

2010/8

La malattia di Takayasu: rara, ma da non dimenticare

TAKAYASU’S DISEASE: A RARE DISEASE, NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

2002/2 — pag. 123-124

Report of two cases of Takayasu’s disease: in the first one, the disease affected a young male patient being treated for Crohn’s disease, whereas in the second one, it affected a girl. The disease was easily diagnosed owing to the presence of a pa...