Behcet's Disease Presenting With Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis And Multiple Pulmonary Aneurysms: Case Report
Author(s) -
Hayriye Sarıcaoğlu,
Serap Köran Karadoğan,
Cüneyt Erdoğan,
Davit Saba,
Hatice Rana Erdem,
Kamıl Dilek,
Şükran Tunalı
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
trakya üniversitesi tıp fakültesi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1301-3149
DOI - 10.5174/tutfd.2009.01347.2
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , superior sagittal sinus , behcet's disease , radiology , disease , cardiology
Bilateral multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms are rare presentations of pulmonary involvement in Behceta#39;s disease (BD), affecting particularly young men. BD has also been well documented as a risk factor for cerebral venous thrombosis, which may present as superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. We present a male patient presenting with both pulmonary arterial aneurysms and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. This patient is presented since coexistence of sagittal sinus thrombosis and multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms in BD is rarely observed. Turkish Baslik: Multipl Pulmoner Anevrizma ve Superior Sagital Sinus Trombozu Ile Seyreden Bir Behcet Hastaligi: Olgu Sunumu Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet hastaligi; sinus trombozu; pulmoner anevrizma Bilateral multipl pulmoner arter anevrizmalari, Behcet hastaliginda (BH) ozellikle genc erkek hastalarda seyrek gorulen bir pulmoner tutulum seklidir. BH superior sagital sinus trombozu seklinde karsimiza cikabilen serebral ven trombozu acisindan da onemli bir risk faktorudur. Bu makalede ayni anda hem superior sagital sinus trombozu hem de bilateral multipl pulmoner arter anevrizmalari bulunan bir Behcet hastasini sunmaktayiz. Bu olgu, BHa#39;da multipl bilateral pulmoner anevrizma ve superior sagital sinus trombozunun nadir olarak bir arada gorulmesi nedeniyle sunulmustur.
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