Consider Behcet's disease in young patients with deep vein thrombosis
| Autor: | Adil Can Güngen, Hikmet Çoban, Hasan Düzenli, Yusuf Aydemir |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Gungen, AC, Coban, H, Aydemir, Y, Duzenli, H, Sakarya Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Aydemir, Yusuf |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Deep vein Respiratory System Case Report Behcet's disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Deep vein thrombosis medicine.artery medicine cardiovascular diseases Immunosuppressant therapy 030203 arthritis & rheumatology business.industry Pulmonary embolism Warfarin medicine.disease Thrombosis Surgery Venous thrombosis medicine.anatomical_structure Pulmonary artery Radiology Vasculitis business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2213-0071 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.04.002 |
| Popis: | Behcet's disease is a multi-systemic and chronic inflammatory vasculitis of unknown etiology characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, arthritis, arterial aneurysms, venous thrombosis, skin lesions and GIS lesions. Although pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare, it is a critical condition due to high risk of rupture. Venous involvement of Behcet's disease primarily occurs in the lower extremities. In the presence of deep vein thrombosis(DVT) and pulmonary embolism, the mainstay of treatment in Behcet's disease is immunosuppressant therapy. Anticoagulants can be used only after initiation of immunosuppressant therapy and suppression of the disease. Anticoagulant therapy alone may lead to fatal hemoptysis. We report the case of a 24 year-old patient who presented to the emergency service with complaints of shortness of breath, general condition disorder and hemoptyhis while using warfarin for DVT and whose thoracic CT angiography showed pulmonary embolism and pulmonary artery aneurysm and diagnosed with Behcet's disease. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. |
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