The many faces of Behçet's disease

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Nov;14(11):833-5. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328358cc24.

Abstract

A 23-year-old man with fevers, night sweats, lymphadenopathy, worsening vision, and aphthous ulcers was diagnosed with Behçet's disease. Multiple diagnostic imaging modalities were used to identify various multisystem complications associated with Behçet's disease including vascular thomboses, mediastinal fibrosis, chylothoraces, chylopericardium and coronary artery aneurysms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Behcet Syndrome / therapy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Young Adult