[Multiple arterial thrombosis in Behçet's disease].
Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic vasculitis. Its etiopathogeny remains unknown. Vascular involvement in BD is frequent and venous thrombosis is the most common manifestation (30% of cases). Arterial involvement is rare (2.7 to 7%). The latter is often severe and considered as a life threatening complication. Pathogenesis of thrombosis occurring in BD remains unclear. We report a 45-year-old man, from south of Tunisia, who presented a BD with a bifocal arterial involvement: right internal carotid thrombosis and bilateral proximal thrombosis of the two pulmonary arteries. Therapeutic strategies to address this multiple arterial involvement and the pathogenesis of thrombosis raise many questions.
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Service de neurologie, hôpital universitaire Habib Bourguiba, CP 3029 Sfax, Tunisie.
Miladi
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Marzouk
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Feki
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Bahloul
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Mhiri
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D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000925:Anticoagulants; D005938:Glucocorticoids