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A Case of Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Aneurysm as a Rare Complication of Behçet's Syndrome

A Case Report

Mesut Baak, MD

Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Sabahattin Gül, MD

Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Yusuf Yazgan, MD

Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Zeki Çankir, MD

Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Mehmet Danaci, MD

Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Levent Demirtürk, MD

Departments of Gastroenterology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Hasan Tüzün, MD

Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

Sabahattin Yurdakul, MD

Departments of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.

One of the severe complications of Behçet's syndrome is pulmonary arterial involvement. The authors report a patient with Behçet's syndrome who had the complications of multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms presenting with hemoptysis and right ventricular thrombus. He underwent emergency surgery because of failure of intensive immunotherapy and died 2 months after the surgery.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 5, 403-408 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900510


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