title: [Behcet disease with cardiac and pulmonary manifestations].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Behçet's disease is a multisystem illness rarely including cardiac involvement. We report a case characterized by a mural cardiac mass in the right ventricle.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 14-year-old boy presented with a full set of symptoms leading to the diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Echocardiography revealed a 60/120 mm mass in the right ventricle. With anticoagulation therapy, prednisone and cyclophosphamide, the cardiac lesion progressively resolved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This observation is exceptional because cardiac mas is rarely described in Behçet's disease. Surgical exploration, which is usually indicated to exclude malignant process, is not necessary in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital St-Jacques, Besançon.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duchêne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Wazières
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zyka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Estavoyer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dupond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Maladie de Behçet avec manifestations cardiaques et pulmonaires.