Pulmonary artery aneurysms in Behçet disease
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Bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms in Behçet's disease.
A patient presented with fever, haemoptysis and large bilateral perihilar masses. Histology proved that these were pulmonary artery aneurysms due to pulmonary vasculitis, as a manifestation of Behçet's disease. It is suggested that a routine dynamic computed tomographic (CT) scan should be performed in the evaluation of such cases.
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1677-7301,1677-5449
DOI: 10.1590/jvb.2014.041