title: Multiple cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease.
abstract: Arterial and cardiac involvement of Behcet's disease is a rare but life threatening complication. The rupture of an arterial aneurysm might result in sudden death. We report a 54-year-old man with an established diagnosis of Behcet's disease who presented with multiple cardiovascular complications that eventually lead to his death. He presented with extensive venous occlusions, and sequentially developed right ventricular thrombosis with multiple pulmonary thromboembolisms, and a pulmonary artery aneurysm. We report this unusual sequence of cardiovascular complications in a patient with Behcet's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: You-Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jisoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006469:Hemoptysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography