Cardiac and great vessel thrombosis in Behçet's disease
Internal Medicine, vol.40, no.1, pp.68-72, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 40 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2001
- Doi Number: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.68
- Journal Name: Internal Medicine
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.68-72
- Keywords: Behcet's disease, cardiac involvement, vascular involvement, interferon treatment, THROMBOMODULIN, MANIFESTATIONS, VASCULITIS
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No
Abstract
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.