[Right intracardiac thrombus in Behçet's disease]. / Thrombus intracardiaques droits au cours de la maladie de Behçet.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
; 97(9): 925-8, 2004 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-15521488
ABSTRACT
The authors report the clinical history of a 22-year-old woman, followed for Behçet's disease, who presented a prolonged fever for two months associated with oral and genital ulcerations. There was an inflammatory syndrome, papillary oedema without brain injury. Echocardiography revealed moderate pericardial effusion and voluminous thrombosis of right atria and right ventricle. Chest computed tomography showed a lung infarction without thrombosis of pulmonary artery. The antiphospholipid antibodies were negatives. The treatment was based on corticotherapy and anticoagulation with a good outcome. In Behçet disease, cardiac involvement manifestations as pericardial, myocardial or endocardial lesions. This case underlines the rarity of cardiac thrombosis in Behçet disease.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trombosis
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Síndrome de Behçet
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Marruecos