title: Behçet's disease presenting with a pulmonary mass lesion.
abstract: We report a case of Behçet's disease with pulmonary and splenic involvement. The radiologic presentation was quite different from the modes defined in the literature. A large, anteriorly located, well circumscribed ovoid mass was the x-ray film image of a large area of infarction with hemorrhage. The involved pulmonary artery showed signs of vasculitis with thrombus formation. To our knowledge, this mode of presentation is different from the cases reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tüzün
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gemicioglu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aktan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology