RESEARCH ARTICLE
Can Behcet’s Disease Related Pulmonary Arterial Aneurysms be Completely Resolved?
Adnan Agha*, 1, Abdelhaleem M.E Bella 2, Al-Hussain M Assiri 1, Mohammad Al-Hakami 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 5
First Page: 88
Last Page: 90
Publisher ID: TORJ-5-88
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901105010088
Article History:
Received Date: 19/8/2011Revision Received Date: 28/10/2011
Acceptance Date: 31/10/2011
Electronic publication date: 29/11/2011
Collection year: 2011

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Abstract
Behçet disease is a systemic disease with diverse clinical symptoms which include, but not limited to, patients having oral and genital ulcers and eye involvement. We here report an 18-year-old male presenting with massive hemoptysis and cardiac arrest, having history of ulcers in the oral cavity and genitalia as well as having recent episode of uveitis. A pulmonary CT angiography revealed bilateral arterial aneurysms of pulmonary vessels. On receiving Immunosuppressive treatment for Behcet disease with prednisone and azathioprine over one year the pulmonary arterial aneurysms were completely resolved and the patient was discharged from the hospital albeit with persistent hypoxic brain injury from cardiac arrest.