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Complete recovery of right intraventricular thrombus and pulmonary arteritis in Behçet's disease
D L Huong1, C Dolmazon, D De Zuttere
1Department of Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report on a patient who presented with sustained fever, weight loss, haemoptysis and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The diagnosis of Behçet's disease was based on recurrent oral and genital aphthae, pseudofolliculitis and a history of thrombophlebitis. A right intraventricular thrombus and bilateral pulmonary aneurysms were discovered. Their complete recovery was observed within 6 months after a combination of prednisone, azathioprine, colchicine and aspirin therapy was started.