A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis in Patients with Behcet's Disease: Hughes-stovin Syndrome: About One Case
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Moderate Hemoptysis Caused by Hughes-Stovin Syndrome
Hughes and Stovin first reported a syndrome consisting of multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms and venous thrombosis in 1959. Here, we encountered a 42-year old woman who had hemoptysis revealing a Hughes-Stovin syndrome. Helical computed tomography showed multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms with pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient was treated with steroid therapy, cyclophosphamide and antico...
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INTRODUCTION Hughes-Stovin syndrome is a life-threatening disorder of unknown etiology. This condition is characterized by vasculitis, deep venous thrombosis and aneurysms that mainly involve the pulmonary arteries resulting in hemoptysis. It has been described in literature less than 40 times. However, we believe it is not very uncommon as it might be diagnosed as pulmonary embolism solely. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Medical Imaging
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2330-8303
DOI: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20200801.13