ISSN : 2146-3123
E-ISSN : 2146-3131

Behçet's Disease Presenting with Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis and Multiple Pulmonary Aneurysms: Case Report
Hayriye Sarıcaoğlu 1, Hatice Erdem 1, Şükran Tunalı 1, Serap Köran Karadoğan 2, Cüneyt Erdoğan 3, Davit Saba 4, Kamil Dilek 5
1Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Multidisipliner Behçet Merkezi, Bursa
2İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Eşrefpaşa Hastanesi, Dermatoloji Birimi, İzmir
3Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Multidisipliner Behçet Merkezi, Bursa
4Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs ve Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Multidisipliner Behçet Merkezi, Bursa
5Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları, Nefroloji-Romatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Multidisipliner Behçet Merkezi, Bursa
DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2009.01347.2
Pages : 435-437

Abstract

Bilateral multiple pulmonary arterial aneurysms are rare presentations of pulmonary involvement in Behçet'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.

Keywords : Behcet's disease; sinus thrombosis; pulmonary aneurysms
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