TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Behcet's disease related pulmonary arterial aneurysms be completely resolved?
AU - Agha, Adnan
AU - Bella, Abdelhaleem M.E.
AU - Assiri, Al Hussain M.
AU - Al-Hakami, Mohammad
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Behçet disease is a systemic disease with diverse clinical symptoms which include, but not limited to, patients having oral and genital ulcers and eye involvement. We here report an 18-year-old male presenting with massive hemoptysis and cardiac arrest, having history of ulcers in the oral cavity and genitalia as well as having recent episode of uveitis. A pulmonary CT angiography revealed bilateral arterial aneurysms of pulmonary vessels. On receiving Immunosuppressive treatment for Behcet disease with prednisone and azathioprine over one year the pulmonary arterial aneurysms were completely resolved and the patient was discharged from the hospital albeit with persistent hypoxic brain injury from cardiac arrest.
AB - Behçet disease is a systemic disease with diverse clinical symptoms which include, but not limited to, patients having oral and genital ulcers and eye involvement. We here report an 18-year-old male presenting with massive hemoptysis and cardiac arrest, having history of ulcers in the oral cavity and genitalia as well as having recent episode of uveitis. A pulmonary CT angiography revealed bilateral arterial aneurysms of pulmonary vessels. On receiving Immunosuppressive treatment for Behcet disease with prednisone and azathioprine over one year the pulmonary arterial aneurysms were completely resolved and the patient was discharged from the hospital albeit with persistent hypoxic brain injury from cardiac arrest.
KW - Behçet disease
KW - Pulmonary arterial aneurysm
KW - Vasculitis
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U2 - 10.2174/1874312901105010088
DO - 10.2174/1874312901105010088
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84855552773
SN - 1874-3129
VL - 5
SP - 88
EP - 90
JO - Open Rheumatology Journal
JF - Open Rheumatology Journal
IS - 1
ER -