A Case of Behcet`s Disease Combined with Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Korean Female Patient

doi:https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1994.9.1.47

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A Case of Behcet`s Disease Combined with Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Korean Female Patient

Soo Taek Uh,Jin Oh Kim,Yong You,Seung Hyug Moon,Choon‐Sik Park-1994-01-31-The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

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Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic disorder of unknown process resulting from systemic vasculitis. The pulmonary involvements in BD are uncommon. Furthermore, in the female, involvement of the pulmonary artery is quite rare. There were a few cases of female patients with BD with pulmonary artery aneurysm confirmed by pulmonary artery angiogram. In this article, we report a case of BD, combined with pulmonary artery aneurysm, confirmed by pulmonary angiogram and treated by surgery in a Korean female patient.

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Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic disorder of unknown process resulting from systemic vasculitis. The pulmonary involvements in BD are uncommon. Furthermore, in the female, involvement of the pulmonary artery is quite rare. There were a few cases of female patients with BD with pulmonary artery aneurysm confirmed by pulmonary artery angiogram. In this article, we report a case of BD, combined with pulmonary artery aneurysm, confirmed by pulmonary angiogram and treated by surgery in a Korean female patient.

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MedicineBehcet's diseasePulmonary arteryAneurysmVasculitisBehcet diseaseSystemic vasculitisInternal medicine

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