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- Title
An adolescent case of extensive Behçet's disease successfully treated with Infliximab.
- Authors
Isıyel, Emel; Bakkaloğlu, Sevcan; Oğuz, Deniz; Yenicesu, İdil; Boyunağa, Öznur; Özdemir, Yeşim; Damar, Çağrı; Kandur, Yaşar; Akçaboy, Meltem; Aslan, Ayşe Tana; Şişmanlar, Tuğba; Hasanoğlu, Enver; Buyan, Necla
- Abstract
Cardiac involvement is an uncommon and life-threatening complication of Behçet's Disease. We present a 14-year-old boy, admitted to our hospital for recurrent hemoptysis. In his radiologic evaluation, a right ventricular thrombus and pulmonary arterial aneurysm were identified. He was diagnosed with Behçet's Disease, and then he received prednisone and cyclophosphamide. However, his cardiac thrombus enlargened. After his treatment was replaced with infliximab, the pulmonary aneurysms regressed, and the cardiac thrombus disappeared. In conclusion, infliximab should be considered as a reliable option for vascular Behçet's Disease resistant to conventional treatment.
- Subjects
BEHCET'S disease; INFLIXIMAB; THROMBOSIS
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2019, Vol 61, Issue 4, p585
- ISSN
0041-4301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24953/turkjped.2019.04.016