Multiple cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease.
10.3904/kjim.2008.23.2.100
- Author:
Ji Eun CHANG
1
;
You Hyun LEE
;
Jisoo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. leejisoo@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Behcet disease;
Aneurysm;
Pulmonary embolism;
Thrombosis
- MeSH:
Aneurysm, Dissecting/*etiology;
Behcet Syndrome/*complications;
Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnosis/*etiology/ultrasonography;
Fatal Outcome;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Pulmonary Artery/*pathology;
Pulmonary Embolism/*etiology;
Risk Factors;
Rupture/etiology;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2008;23(2):100-102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Arterial and cardiac involvement of Behcet's disease is a rare but life threatening complication. The rupture of an arterial aneurysm might result in sudden death. We report a 54-year-old man with an established diagnosis of Behcet's disease who presented with multiple cardiovascular complications that eventually lead to his death. He presented with extensive venous occlusions, and sequentially developed right ventricular thrombosis with multiple pulmonary thromboembolisms, and a pulmonary artery aneurysm. We report this unusual sequence of cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease.
