title: Complete recovery of right intraventricular thrombus and pulmonary arteritis in Behçet's disease.
abstract: We report on a patient who presented with sustained fever, weight loss, haemoptysis and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The diagnosis of Behçet's disease was based on recurrent oral and genital aphthae, pseudofolliculitis and a history of thrombophlebitis. A right intraventricular thrombus and bilateral pulmonary aneurysms were discovered. Their complete recovery was observed within 6 months after a combination of prednisone, azathioprine, colchicine and aspirin therapy was started.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Huong
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dolmazon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Zuttere
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wechsler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godeau
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Piette
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001379:Azathioprine; D001241:Aspirin; D003078:Colchicine