Long-term treatment with cyclosporin A and coumarin in pulmonary thromboembolic Behçet's disease.
Long-term favourable effects of a treatment with both cyclosporin A and coumarin in a 35 year old Caucasian female patient with Behçet's disease, presenting with haemoptysis caused by pulmonary thromboemboli and a single major pulmonary artery aneurysm, are reported. All disease activity and complications were well controlled during 9 years of follow-up.
Dept. of Pulmonology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
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Vansteenkiste
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Van Haecke
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Demedts
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D000925:Anticoagulants; D003374:Coumarins; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; C030123:coumarin