Complete occlusion of right pulmonary artery in Behçet disease

Respirol Case Rep. 2020 Jun 2;8(6):e00594. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.594. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Yohei Korogi¹, Nozomi Tanaka², Hajime Yoshifuji², Junichi Tazaki³, Takeshi Kubo⁴, Kiminobu Tanizawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
² Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.

Abstract

When a patient with Behçet disease presents with haemoptysis, pulmonary vascular involvement should be considered.

Keywords: Behçet disease; bronchoalveolar lavage; occlusion; pulmonary artery; vasculo‐Behçet.

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