title: Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder.
abstract: Common differential diagnosis of lung and hilar opacity includes infectious pathology or a mitotic lesion. Behcet's disease (BD) is a rarely diagnosed disease in Indian subcontinent. BD is a multisystem inflammatory disorder that presents with recurrent orogenital ulceration, uveitis, and erythema nodosum. We present here the case of a patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis with radiological picture of hilar mass, during the evaluation of which the diagnosis of BD was established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
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