A Behçet’s Syndrome Case with an Unusual Vascular InvolvementNeşe Dursunoğlu1, Ali İhsan Yıldız1, Ali Koçyiğit2, Bedriye Atay Yayla1, Zahide Alaçam1, Zümrüt Çeven2, Belgin Erkan Aydoğan11Department of Chest Diseases, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli 2Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli
“Behçet’s Syndrome” was described as the triple-symptom complex of oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis by Hulusi Behçet, a Turkish dermatologist, in 1937. It can present with vascular, cutaneous, pulmonary, neurological, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal and genitourinary system involvements. The main components of pulmonary involvement in Behçet’s Syndrome are pulmonary artery aneurysms, arterial and venous thrombosis, pulmonary infarction, recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis obliterans organising pneumonia and pleurisy. This study presented a case of a young man with hemoptysis resulting from anastomosis between the bronchial arteries and pulmonary artery and parenchymal destruction, and thus had a different vascular involvement for Behçet’s syndrome. Keywords: Anastomosis, Behçet’s syndrome, hemoptysis, pulmonary artery aneurysm
Neşe Dursunoğlu, Ali İhsan Yıldız, Ali Koçyiğit, Bedriye Atay Yayla, Zahide Alaçam, Zümrüt Çeven, Belgin Erkan Aydoğan. A Behçet’s Syndrome Case with an Unusual Vascular Involvement. Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2014; 16(2): 118-120
Corresponding Author: Neşe Dursunoğlu, Türkiye |
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