| Literature DB >> 17948088 |
Sait M Dogan1, Alparslan Birdane, Cengiz Korkmaz, Necmi Ata, Bilgin Timuralp.
Abstract
Behçet's syndrome is a chronic multisystem disease that presents with recurrent oral and genital ulceration and recurrent uveitis. Cardiac involvement is an extremely rare manifestation of this disorder. A 33-year-old man with Behçet's syndrome was admitted to our department with a history of cough, fever, chest pain, hemoptysis, and weight loss. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a right ventricular thrombus. After 1 month of treatment with warfarin, cyclophosphamide, and corticosteroid, the intracardiac thrombus resolved.Entities:
Keywords: Behcet's syndrome/complications/drug therapy; Mediterranean region/epidemiology; Middle East/epidemiology; diagnosis, differential; echocardiography, transesophageal; heart ventricles/ultrasonography; immunosuppressive agents/therapeutic use; thrombosis/etiology; vasculitis; warfarin/therapeutic use
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17948088 PMCID: PMC1995061
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347