Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculopathy, characterized by recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not com...
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| description | Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculopathy, characterized by recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not common in the absence of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA). This report describes a 36-year-old man with recurrent fever, nonmassive hemoptysis, and persistent cough with lung nodules in CT scan who had undergone open lung biopsy. On the basis of morphological findings, BD was suggested and more precise evaluation confirmed the diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c32b1a4f718441df8af8f2e62449610d2025-02-03T01:11:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972014-01-01201410.1155/2014/869817869817Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s DiseaseM. Malekmohammad0A. Emamifar1National Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Niavaran, P.O. Box 19575, Darabad, Tehran 1955841452, IranNational Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Niavaran, P.O. Box 19575, Darabad, Tehran 1955841452, IranBehçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculopathy, characterized by recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not common in the absence of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA). This report describes a 36-year-old man with recurrent fever, nonmassive hemoptysis, and persistent cough with lung nodules in CT scan who had undergone open lung biopsy. On the basis of morphological findings, BD was suggested and more precise evaluation confirmed the diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/869817 |
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| title | Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease |
| title_full | Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease |
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| title_short | Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease |
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