Right ventricular thrombus with Behcet's syndrome - Successful treatment with warfarin and immunosuppressive agents

DOĞAN S. M., Birdane A., Korkmaz C., Ata N., Timuralp B.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.360-362, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.360-362
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet's syndrome, complications, drug therapy, diagnosis, differential, echocardiography, transesophageal, heart ventricles, ultrasonography, immunosuppressive agents, therapeutic use, Mediterranean region, epidemiology, Middle East, epidemiology, thrombosis, etiology, vasculitis, warfarin, therapeutic use, RIGHT ATRIAL, DISEASE
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Behcet's syndrome Is a chronic multisystem disease that presents with recurrent oral and genital ulceration and recurrent uveitis. Cardiac involvement is an extremely rare manifestation of this disorder A 33-year-old man with Behcet's syndrome was admitted to our department with a history of cough, fever, chest pain, hemoptysis, and weight loss. Transthoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography revealed a right ventricular thrombus. After I month of treatment with warfarin, cyclophosphamide, and corticosteroid the intracardiac thrombus resolved.