title: Successful surgical treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet's syndrome.
abstract: We report herein an uncommon clinical case of pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet's syndrome, for which only a few reports have been published in the literature to date. A 68-year-old Japanese male, who was referred for recurrent fever of unknown origin, anemia and pulmonary nodular opacities, was treated by right lower lobectomy followed by postoperative oral administration of colchicine and corticosteroid. Postoperative pathological examination confirmed a diagnosis of pulmonary artery aneurysm accompanied by vasculitis and thrombi. Clinical and radiographic feature are presented herein.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan. tmakoto@naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahama
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Ryu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D003078:Colchicine