title: Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet's disease: two case reports.
abstract: Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet's disease is an extremely rare manifestation. We report two such cases. A 20-year-old man presented with dyspnoea, cough and haemoptysis. Right heart thrombus associated with pulmonary artery aneurysm and thromboembolism was identified by helical CT and transoesophageal echocardiography. The second case was a 29-year-old male admitted for fever and chest pain. A diagnosis of right atrial thrombosis associated with pulmonary embolism and hyperhomocysteinemia was made. Due to the absence of haemodynamic compromise, medical management consisting of immunosupressive and anticoagulation therapy was adopted which resulted in complete dissolution of the thrombus with dramatic clinical improvement in both cases of clinical status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  intracardiac thrombus is a rare complication of Behçet's disease. As shown in our patients, medical treatment should be considered as the first line.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, F Bourguiba University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia. Sonia.Hammami@fmm.rnu.tn
authors.forename: Sonia
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authors.lastname: Hammami
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