Publications by authors named "Obame Ulrich Beyeme Beyeme"
Background: Takayasu's disease (TM) is a vasculitis of the aorta and its main branches, Infectious diseases, especially , can be a trigger for the development of TM by a hypersensitivity reaction, but paradoxically very few cases of the disease are reported in the literature review.
Materials And Methods: Through a retrospective study carried out in the departments of internal medicine and cardiology of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Libreville (CHUL) in Gabon, we identified all the observations of TM diagnosed in the said departments from 03/2014 to 05/2022, and rediscussed them on the basis of the criteria of Sharma of 1996.
Results: Five patients (3 men, 2 women), with an average age of 38.