Tuberc Respir Dis.
1999 Dec;47(6):850-856.
A Case of Behcet's Disease with Pleural Effusion
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea. honglung@chollian.net
- 2Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Behcet's disease is a complex multisystem disease that features recurrent aphthous stomatitis, recurrent genital ulcerations, and eye lesions(uveitis or chorioretinitis). Among the systemic manifestat ions, pulmonary involvement is known to be rare and only a few cases have been documented. The most important features of pulmonary lesions in Behcet's disease are recurrent hemoptysis, which is often massive, and fatal pleuritic chest pain and recurrent high fever and fleeting nature of the pulmonary infiltrates. We report a case of Behcet's disease manifestated as high fever and pleural effusions which was complicated by pulmonary infarction ans a result of pulmonary arteritis.
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