Behçet's disease with a large intracardiac thrombus: a case report

Behçet's disease is recognised as a chronic multisystem disorder with vasculitis as its underlying pathological process. Cardiac involvement is rare and often associated with poor prognosis. A case of a 33 year old man with Behçet's disease, presenting with a large right ventricle and righ...

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Published in:British heart journal 2001-04, Vol.85 (4), p.e7-7
Main Authors: Baykan, M, Çelik, Ş, Erdöl, C, Baykan, E C, Durmuş, I˙, Bahadir, S, Erdöl, H, Örem, C, Çakirbay, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use
Anticoagulants - therapeutic use
Behcet Syndrome - complications
Behcet Syndrome - diagnosis
Behcet Syndrome - drug therapy
Behçet's disease
Blood clots
Catheters
Colchicine - therapeutic use
Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use
Dexamethasone - therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electronic Pages: Case Reports
Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases - complications
Heart Diseases - diagnosis
Heart Diseases - drug therapy
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use
intracardiac thrombus
Male
Medical treatment
Pulmonary arteries
Thrombosis
Thrombosis - complications
Thrombosis - diagnosis
Thrombosis - drug therapy
Tropical diseases
Warfarin - therapeutic use
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Summary:Behçet's disease is recognised as a chronic multisystem disorder with vasculitis as its underlying pathological process. Cardiac involvement is rare and often associated with poor prognosis. A case of a 33 year old man with Behçet's disease, presenting with a large right ventricle and right atrial thrombus, is reported. Two dimensional (cross sectional), colour Doppler, and transoesophageal echocardiography, angiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging were used to diagnose the disease. With cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone treatment, the cardiac lesions progressively resolved.
ISSN:1355-6037
0007-0769
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/heart.85.4.e7