Intracardiac Thrombus and Co-existing Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Behçet's Disease: A Report of Two Cases

Behçet’s disease is a rare form of vasculitis of obscure aeti­ology. We report two cases of Behçet’s disease with intracardi­ac thrombus and pulmonary artery aneurysm occurring toget­her. The clinical characteristics of the two patients, one male, one female, were analysed retrospectively. The male patient (age=27) was admitted for pleuritic chest pain and the female patient (age=35) for high fever of unknown origin. Both pati­ents had multiple subpleural nodules, right-sided cardiac thrombi, and bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. In the fe­male patient the intracardiac thrombus was removed by sur­gery but she died after six months as a result of a massive ha­emoptysis. The male patient was treated with immunosuppres­sive drugs, is still alive and doing well.