Open AccessHughes-Stovin syndrome: A rare cause of hemoptysis
Author(s) -
Naseer A. Choh,
Majid Jehangir,
Khalid Mohiuddin Mir,
Sanaullah Kuchay,
Nisar Ahmad Wani
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.85691
Subject(s) - medicine , rare disease , thrombosis , venous thrombosis , behcet disease , behcet's disease , radiology , disease , surgery , cardiology
Multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms are seen along with venous thrombosis in Hughes-Stovin syndrome, which many investigators believe is an incomplete form of Behcet's disease. We present a case of hemoptysis with multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms, femoral vein thrombosis, and oral ulcers with emphasis on its CT features.