A Case of Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Aneurysm as a Rare Complication of Behçet's Syndrome
Başak, Mesut; Gül, Sabahattin; Yazgan, Yusuf; Çankir, Zeki; Danaci, Mehmet; Demirtürk, Levent; Tüzün, Hasan; Yurdakul, Sabahattin; Başak, Mesut, Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Gül, Sabahattin, Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Yazgan, Yusuf, Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Çankir, Zeki, Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Danaci, Mehmet, Departments of Internal Medicine, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Demirtürk, Levent, Departments of Gastroenterology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Tüzün, Hasan, Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.; Yurdakul, Sabahattin, Departments of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Tiirkiye.
Журнал:
Angiology
Дата:
1998
Аннотация:
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.
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