title: Chest pain in patients with undiagnosed Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disease having a chronic and prolonged course with 4 major symptoms: oral and genital ulcerations, eye disease and cutaneous manifestations, as well as other multisystem involvements. Arterial involvement is a comparatively rare complication in BD and coronary lesions are extremely rare. We report here two cases of BD presenting as myocardial infarction (MI) with coronary artery aneurysm (CAA), with good improvement after immunosuppressive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Research Unit 02/UR/15-8, Hospital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia. hamzaoui.amira@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamzaoui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bel Feki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brahem Sfaxi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smiti Khanfir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Ghorbel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamloum
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Houman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents