Right Ventricular Thrombus with Behçet's Syndrome.

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    • Subject Terms:
      BLOOD coagulation; RIGHT heart ventricle; BEHCET'S disease; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; WARFARIN; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones
    • Abstract:
      Behçet's syndrome is a chronic multisystem disease that presents with recurrent oral and genital ulceration and recurrent uveitis. Cardiac involvement is an extremely rare manifestation of this disorder. A 33-year-old man with Behçet's syndrome was admitted to our department with a history of cough, fever, chest pain, hemoptysis, and weight loss. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a right ventricular thrombus. After 1 month of treatment with warfarin, cyclophosphamide, and corticosteroid, the intracardiac thrombus resolved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]