title: Behçet disease complicated by diffuse alveolar damage.
abstract: We report an extremely rare case of Behçet disease complicated by diffuse alveolar damage, which was fatal in this patient. It manifested as progressive diffuse ground-glass attenuation in both lungs on chest radiographs and high-resolution CT. Ground-glass attenuation was confirmed histopathologically as diffuse alveolar damage without identified etiology by open lung biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwan-Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Yu-Whan
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jae Jeong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Han Kyeom
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods