Possible Behçet's disease revealed by pulmonary aneurysms

Chest. 1991 May;99(5):1282-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.99.5.1282.

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem disease which may affect many organ systems in addition to the originally described triple symptom complex. Pulmonary aneurysm is one of the rare complications of the disease. We report a case of bilateral pulmonary aneurysm in which usual criteria for the clinical diagnosis of BD were absent and we believe that pulmonary aneurysm could be the first appearance of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Aneurysm / pathology
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery* / pathology
  • Radiography