Myocardial infarction and deep venous thrombosis in a young patient with Behçet disease.
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.
Calgüneri
Meral
M
Rheumatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Aydemir
Kudret
K
Oztürk
M Akif
MA
Haznedaroğlu
Ibrahim C
IC
Kiraz
Sedat
S
Ertenli
Ihsan
I
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*