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Right ventricular thrombus: an unusual manifestation of Behçet's disease
L A Mendes1, L L Magraw, G S Aldea
1Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, University Hospital, MA 02118.
Abstract:
Behcet's disease is a chronic multisystem illness in which cardiac involvement is a rare manifestation. In this unusual case a young man had symptoms that primarily related to recurrent right ventricular thrombi and pulmonary thromboemboli. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in documenting the presence of intracardiac thrombus and establishing the diagnosis.