Successful treatment of intracardiac and pulmonary thrombi in Behçet's disease with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressive therapy

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2012;55(4):186-8. doi: 10.14712/18059694.2015.44.

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a multisystem chronic inflammatory disease generally presenting as recurrent oral-genital ulcers and uveitis. Vascular involvement is a common presentation. However, cardiac involvement is rare in this disorder. In this case report, we present a large right ventricular thrombus detected both in computed tomography and echocardiography in a 32 year-old male patient with complaints of fever, haemoptysis and weight loss. Intracardiac thrombus showed both clinical and radiological regression with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressive therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heparin / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombosis / etiology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Heparin