Behçet’s Disease and Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Report of Three Cases

We present three patients with Behçet’s disease associated with intracardiac thrombus and pulmonary vascular involvement. One of these patients had also Budd-Chiari syndrome. All patients were treated with corticosteroid plus monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide as first line treatment and with no r...

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Main Authors: Nurşen Düzgün, Orhan Küçükşahin, Kayhan Çetin Atasoy, Canan Togay Işıkay, Demet Menekşe Gerede, Ayşe Erden, Seda Kaynak Şahap, Muhammed Arif İbiş, Aşkın Ateş
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Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/637015
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description We present three patients with Behçet’s disease associated with intracardiac thrombus and pulmonary vascular involvement. One of these patients had also Budd-Chiari syndrome. All patients were treated with corticosteroid plus monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide as first line treatment and with no recurrences. Immunosuppressive therapy was successful in the treatment of intracardiac thrombus and also in the regression of pulmonary vascular thromboses in these patients. Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet’s disease is rarely seen. Behçet’s disease should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of the patients with intracardiac mass, especially in patients from the Mediterranean and Middle East populations.
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spelling doaj-art-2385fc3a324d4aaaad5ddc847e77b5082025-08-20T03:54:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972013-01-01201310.1155/2013/637015637015Behçet’s Disease and Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Report of Three CasesNurşen Düzgün0Orhan Küçükşahin1Kayhan Çetin Atasoy2Canan Togay Işıkay3Demet Menekşe Gerede4Ayşe Erden5Seda Kaynak Şahap6Muhammed Arif İbiş7Aşkın Ateş8Department of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Neurology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Akademik Yerleşke, Sıhhıye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyWe present three patients with Behçet’s disease associated with intracardiac thrombus and pulmonary vascular involvement. One of these patients had also Budd-Chiari syndrome. All patients were treated with corticosteroid plus monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide as first line treatment and with no recurrences. Immunosuppressive therapy was successful in the treatment of intracardiac thrombus and also in the regression of pulmonary vascular thromboses in these patients. Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet’s disease is rarely seen. Behçet’s disease should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of the patients with intracardiac mass, especially in patients from the Mediterranean and Middle East populations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/637015
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Seda Kaynak Şahap
Muhammed Arif İbiş
Aşkın Ateş
Behçet’s Disease and Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Report of Three Cases
Case Reports in Rheumatology
title Behçet’s Disease and Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Report of Three Cases
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title_short Behçet’s Disease and Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Report of Three Cases
title_sort behcet s disease and intracardiac thrombosis a report of three cases
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