Right ventricular thrombus: an unusual manifestation of Behçet's disease.
Behcet's disease is a chronic multisystem illness in which cardiac involvement is a rare manifestation. In this unusual case a young man had symptoms that primarily related to recurrent right ventricular thrombi and pulmonary thromboemboli. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in documenting the presence of intracardiac thrombus and establishing the diagnosis.
Mendes
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LA
Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, University Hospital, MA 02118.
Magraw
L L
LL
Aldea
G S
GS
Davidoff
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R
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*