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01.07.2013 | Case Report
A case of infantile Takayasu arteritis with a p.D382E NOD2 mutation: an unusual phenotype of Blau syndrome/early-onset sarcoidosis?
verfasst von:
Yuzaburo Inoue, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Naoki Shimojo, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Morita, Taiji Nakano, Takayasu Arima, Minako Tomiita, Yoichi Kohno
Erschienen in:
Modern Rheumatology
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Ausgabe 4/2013
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Abstract
Blau syndrome/early-onset sarcoidosis (Blau/EOS) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by granulomatous arthritis, uveitis, and skin rash. It has been shown that gain-of-function NOD2 mutations cause Blau/EOS. In this paper, we describe a patient with a gain-of-function NOD2 mutation who developed infantile Takayasu arteritis, which is rare in Blau/EOS, but who has not yet had significant granulomatous changes in joints, eyes, or skin. We suspect that this case is an unusual phenotype of Blau/EOS.