Development of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms Due to Behcet's Disease and Resolution after Treatment

作者：Kage Hidenori^*; Goto Yasushi; Amano Yosuke; Makita Kosuke; Isago Hideaki; Kobayashi Kouichi; Narumoto Osamu; Okudaira Reiko; Tanaka Goh; Takami Kazutaka; Ohishi Nobuya; Nagase Takahide

来源：Internal Medicine, 2016, 55(22): 3337-3340.

DOI：10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6852

• pulmonary artery aneurysm
• Behcet's disease
• vasculitis
• thrombosis
• deep venous thrombosis

We herein describe a patient with Behcet's disease in whom we followed the development and resolution of pulmonary artery aneurysms. He presented with intermittent hemoptysis, pulmonary thromboembolism was initially diagnosed, and anticoagulant therapy was started. Over the next several months, the expansion of pulmonary arteries was noted. Five months after his initial admission, he was readmitted for massive hemoptysis, and further examinations revealed that he had Behcet's disease. Corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide were started. Over the next five months, the pulmonary artery aneurysms and thrombosis resolved. The development of pulmonary artery aneurysms led to the diagnosis of Behcet's disease, and they resolved after immunosuppressive therapy.

• 出版日期2016