| Literature DB >> 2265646 |
G Vanhaleweyk1, K M el-Ramahi, M Hazmi, J O Sieck, L Zaman, M Fawzy.
Abstract
An 18-year-old man presented with a history of oral sores and presence of high fever, scrotal ulcerations and haemoptysis. Multiple mural cardiac masses were present in the right atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle. Furthermore, pulmonary vasculitis with aneurysm formation and venous thrombosis involving the superior sagittal sinus and right transverse sinus were found, and the diagnosis was made of (incomplete) Behçet's disease. While receiving anticoagulation and later, treatment with prednisone and cyclophosphamide, the cardiac thrombi gradually disappeared. We stress the importance of early echocardiography to evaluate cardiac abnormalities in Behçet's disease.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2265646 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059619
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Heart J ISSN: 0195-668X Impact factor: 29.983