Abstract
One of the severe complications of Behçet's syndrome is pulmonary arterial involvement. The authors report a patient with Behçet's syndrome who had the complications of multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms presenting with hemoptysis and right ventricular thrombus. He underwent emergency surgery because of failure of intensive immunotherapy and died 2 months after the surgery.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aneurysm / drug therapy
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Aneurysm / etiology*
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Aneurysm / surgery
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
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Arteries
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Behcet Syndrome / complications*
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Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
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Behcet Syndrome / surgery
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Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
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Fatal Outcome
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Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
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Heart Diseases / etiology
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Heart Ventricles
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Hemoptysis / etiology
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Humans
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Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
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Lung / blood supply*
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Male
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Pneumonectomy
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Prednisolone / therapeutic use
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / drug therapy
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / etiology
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / surgery
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Thrombosis / etiology
Substances
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
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Glucocorticoids
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Immunosuppressive Agents
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Cyclophosphamide
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Prednisolone