Right ventricular thrombus with Behçet's syndrome: successful treatment with warfarin and immunosuppressive agents.
Behçet's syndrome is a chronic multisystem disease that presents with recurrent oral and genital ulceration and recurrent uveitis. Cardiac involvement is an extremely rare manifestation of this disorder. A 33-year-old man with Behçet's syndrome was admitted to our department with a history of cough, fever, chest pain, hemoptysis, and weight loss. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a right ventricular thrombus. After 1 month of treatment with warfarin, cyclophosphamide, and corticosteroid, the intracardiac thrombus resolved.
Dogan
Sait M
SM
Department of Cardiology, SSK Region Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey. smdogan@yahoo.com
Birdane
Alparslan
A
Korkmaz
Cengiz
C
Ata
Necmi
N
Timuralp
Bilgin
B
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D014859:Warfarin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008775:Methylprednisolone