Cardiac and great vessel thrombosis in Behçet's disease
Internal Medicine, cilt.40, sa.1, ss.68-72, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2001
- Doi Numarası: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.68
- Dergi Adı: Internal Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.68-72
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet's disease, cardiac involvement, vascular involvement, interferon treatment, THROMBOMODULIN, MANIFESTATIONS, VASCULITIS
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitis in which orogenital ulceration is a prominent feature. The disease affects many systems and causes hypercoagulability. We present a 27-year-old male patient who exhibited widespread great vessel thrombosis including right atrial and ventricular thrombi in the setting of right-sided infectious endocarditis and orogenital aphthous ulcerations and erythema nodosum due to BD. We reviewed the enigmatic prothrombotic state of BD, and discuss our prior experiences in this field.