Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Behcet's Disease.
- Author:
Seung Il PARK
1
;
Jun Ho WON
;
Chong Kook LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Behcet's disease;
Aneurysm
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm*;
Blood Vessels;
Cardiovascular System;
Central Nervous System;
Diagnosis;
Dyspnea;
Genitalia;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Iritis;
Joints;
Lung;
Mouth;
Pulmonary Artery*;
Pulmonary Circulation;
Skin;
Stomatitis, Aphthous
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1999;32(7):660-664
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Behcet's disease is classically described as featuring recurrent aphthous ulcers in the mouth and genital organs and as having relapsing iritis. Now it is being recognized as a mul tisystem disorder that involves of the skin, gastrointestinal system, cardiovascular system, lung and the central nervous system as well as the joints, blood vessels and urologic systems. Large vessel diseases are unusual but aneurysm may occur in which the pulmonary circulation may give rise to the massive and often fatal hemoptysis. A 29 year-old man who complained of having dyspnea and hemoptysis during six months visited our hospital. He received right bilobectomy for a mass located in the right lower lobe. He underwent right bilobectomy. The final pathologic diagnosis was a pulmonary artery aneurysm which origina ted from the pulmonary artery.
