Right ventricular thrombus and pulmonary arteritis in Behçet's disease.
Prolonged fever, splenomegaly and right ventricular thrombus are rare manifestations of Behçet's disease. We report a 15-year-old boy with Behçet's disease who presents with these unusual manifestations.
Augarten
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Department of Pediatrics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Apter
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Theodor
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D000293:Adolescent; D001167:Arteritis / Q000209:etiology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*