Multiple cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease

Korean J Intern Med. 2008 Jun;23(2):100-2. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.2.100.

Abstract

Arterial and cardiac involvement of Behcet's disease is a rare but life threatening complication. The rupture of an arterial aneurysm might result in sudden death. We report a 54-year-old man with an established diagnosis of Behcet's disease who presented with multiple cardiovascular complications that eventually lead to his death. He presented with extensive venous occlusions, and sequentially developed right ventricular thrombosis with multiple pulmonary thromboembolisms, and a pulmonary artery aneurysm. We report this unusual sequence of cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Dissection / etiology*
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemoptysis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Rupture / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography