title: [A report of eight cases of Behcet's disease with intracardiac thrombus and literatures review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical characteristics of Behcet's disease with intracardiac thrombus.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 8 patients diagnosed as Behcet's disease with intracardiac thrombus in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January, 1990 to January, 2011 were studied retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Behcet's disease with intracardiac thrombus was found in 8 patients (5 men and 3 women) with a median age of 28.5 years. Most of them were young men. Thrombus was mostly found in the right side of the heart. Most of the patients had pulmonary thromboembolism with negative anticardiolipid antibody and basically normal C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intracardiac thrombus associated with Behcet's disease most commonly occurs in young men and usually involves the right side of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Zheng-yin
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong-tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tai-sheng
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult