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Behçets Disease with Right Ventricle Thrombus and Bilateral Pulmonary Artery AneurysmsA Case Report n Kaya, MDDepartment of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey, ozlemural{at}yahoo.com
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey Behçets disease is currently recognized as a multisystemic disease that may present with vascular, cutaneous, pulmonary, neurologic, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary manifestations. Despite this multiplicity, cardiac involvement and also the coexistence of bilateral pulmonary arterial aneurysms are rare. An interesting case is presented here with intracardiac thrombi and bilateral pulmonary arterial aneurysms that showed clinical regression with immunosuppressive therapy.
Angiology, Vol. 55, No. 5,
573-575 (2004) |
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n Kaya, MD