[Hemoptysis revealing a pulmonary arterial aneurysm on Behçet disease in children: role of computed tomography]

J Radiol. 2006 Sep;87(9):1093-5. doi: 10.1016/s0221-0363(06)74133-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a systemic condition whose discovery during hemoptysis on a pulmonary artery aneurysm is rare, especially in children. Through the case of a 11-year-old boy, the authors emphasize the importance of imaging in diagnosis of this disease, whose progression can be fatal if hemoptysis is violent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Hemoptysis / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*