title: Successful treatment of intracardiac and pulmonary thrombi in Behçet's disease with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressive therapy.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a multisystem chronic inflammatory disease generally presenting as recurrent oral-genital ulcers and uveitis. Vascular involvement is a common presentation. However, cardiac involvement is rare in this disorder. In this case report, we present a large right ventricular thrombus detected both in computed tomography and echocardiography in a 32 year-old male patient with complaints of fever, haemoptysis and weight loss. Intracardiac thrombus showed both clinical and radiological regression with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressive therapy.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dru_canpolat@yahoo.com
authors: Uğur
authors: U
authors: Canpolat
authors: Hikmet
authors: H
authors: Yorgun
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Akdoğan
authors: Kudret
authors: K
authors: Aytemir
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D006493:Heparin