title: Myocardial infarction and deep venous thrombosis in a young patient with Behçet disease.
abstract: Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitic disorder affecting the arteries, veins, and vessels of any size. Vascular lesions in BD usually represent an occlusive nature suggesting a hypercoagulable/ prothrombotic state. Coronary arteries are rarely involved in BD. In this report, a 27-year-old male patient in whom myocardial infarction developed secondary to coronary arterial thrombosis together with deep venous thrombosis was presented. This is a review of the pathologic hemostasis and the prothrombotic state of BD.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calgüneri
authors.forename: Kudret
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.forename: M Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Ibrahim C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Haznedaroğlu
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiraz
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ertenli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D019851:Thrombophilia; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*