Open AccessRight ventricular thrombus with pulmonary artery aneurysm in a young male: A rare presentation of Behçet′s disease
Author(s) -
Chand Bhandari,
Lalit Rathi,
Mridul Gupta,
J.K. Khatri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.156253
Subject(s) - medicine , prednisolone , behcet's disease , thrombus , presentation (obstetrics) , cyclophosphamide , aneurysm , behcet disease , rare disease , cardiology , pulmonary artery , disease , radiology , surgery , chemotherapy
We describe an adolescent patient presenting with hemoptysis. Detailed clinical work up of the patient showed right ventricular thrombus and bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms along with the prescribed criteria for the diagnosis of Behcet's disease. Younger age of the patient was another distinctive feature of this case. Six months of therapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone resulted in near complete clinicoradiological response.