Cavitary lung opacity of unusual cause during Behçet disease

Abstract

Pulmonary artery aneurysm must be evoked in front of any hemoptysis in a patient with Behçet disease as it requires urgent immunosuppressive therapy and often surgery.

Keywords: Behçet disease; cavitary lung opacity; corticosteroids; cyclophosphamide; intracardiac thrombosis; pulmonary artery aneurysm.