Behçet’s disease: case reports

Behcet diseases is not only orogenital ulcerations but also it can have many systemic manifestations. In this article we presented 3 cases of Behcet disease associated with pulmonary artery aneurysms affecting the large branches. Pulmonary artery aneurysms are common and serious vascular complicatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2015-04, Vol.9 (1), p.109-112
1. Verfasser: Agmy, Gamal M.
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Zusammenfassung:Behcet diseases is not only orogenital ulcerations but also it can have many systemic manifestations. In this article we presented 3 cases of Behcet disease associated with pulmonary artery aneurysms affecting the large branches. Pulmonary artery aneurysms are common and serious vascular complication of Behcet disease.These are usully large and accompanied with intramural thrombi and multiple pulmonary infarctions with a common presentation of haemoptysis. A detailed discussion of pulmonary manifesttions of Behcet disease was demonstrated.
ISSN:1687-8426
2314-8551
DOI:10.4103/1687-8426.153667