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A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Joint Authors
Aşker, Selvi
Timuçin, Özgür Bülent
Aşker, Müntecep
Gürsu, Özgür
Mercan, Rıdvan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-06-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Intracardiac thrombus, pulmonary artery aneurysms, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism are rarely seen symptoms of Behcet’s disease.
A 20-year-old female patient was admitted for complaints of cough, fever, palpitations, and chest pain.
On the dynamic thorax computed tomograms (CT) obtained because of significantly enlarged hilar structures seen on chest radiograms, aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary artery segments bilaterally, chronic thrombus with collapse, and consolidation substances compatible with pulmonary embolism involving both lower lobes have been observed.
It is learned that, four years ago, the patient had been diagnosed with Behcet’s disease and received colchicine treatment but not regularly.
The patient was hospitalized.
On the transthoracic echocardiogram, a thrombosis with a dimension of 4.2 × 1.6 cm was recognized in the right ventricle.
On abdomen CT, aneurysmal iliac veins and deep vein thrombus on Doppler ultrasonograms were diagnosed.
At the controls after three months of immunosuppressive and anticoagulant therapies, some clinical and radiological improvements were recognized.
The patient suspended the treatment for a month and the thrombus recurred.
We present our case in order to show the effectiveness of immunosuppressive and anticoagulant therapies and rarely seen pulmonary thromboembolism in recurrent Behcet’s disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Aşker, Selvi& Aşker, Müntecep& Gürsu, Özgür& Mercan, Rıdvan& Timuçin, Özgür Bülent. 2013. A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Aşker, Selvi…[et al.]. A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Aşker, Selvi& Aşker, Müntecep& Gürsu, Özgür& Mercan, Rıdvan& Timuçin, Özgür Bülent. A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-475945
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-475945