Cardiac and great vessel thrombosis in Behçet's disease

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Özatli D., KAV T., HAZNEDAROĞLU İ. C., BÜYÜKAŞIK Y., KOŞAR A., Özcebe O., ...Daha Fazla

Internal Medicine, cilt.40, sa.1, ss.68-72, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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
  • 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.