Behcet's Disease with Intracardiac Thrombus Presenting with Fever of Unknown Etiology. (3rd September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ajmani, Sajal; Misra, Durga Prasanna; Raja, Deep Chandh; Mohindra, Namita; Agarwal, Vikas
• Other Names: Plebani Alessandro Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in immunology. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-09-03
• Subjects: Immunology -- Periodicals; Immunology -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Immune System Phenomena; Immunology; Immunology; Case studies; Periodicals; 571.96
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/149359
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6609

Abstract

Abstract : A young male was referred to us for evaluation of fever of unknown origin (FUO). He had history of recurrent painful oral ulcers for one year and moderate to high grade fever, pustulopapular rash, and recurrent genital ulcers for 6 months and hemoptysis for 3 days. He was detected to have intracardiac thrombi and pulmonary arterial thrombosis along with underlying Behcet's disease (BD). Patient responded to high dose prednisolone (1 mg/Kg/day) along with monthly parenteral cyclophosphamide therapy. This case highlights the fact that BD is an important cause for pulmonary artery vasculitis with intracardiac thrombus formation, and such patients can present with FUO.