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ArticleClinical medicine & research2018

Behçet's Disease: Pulmonary Aneurysm Resolution with Oral Therapy and HLA B72 Allele Association.

Clarissa de Albuquerque Botura, Luiz Eduardo Bersani-Amado, Antônio Rubens Zacarias-Júnior, Sueli Donizete Boreli, Naiene Gomes Gordo Stecca, Bruno Ambrósio da Rocha, Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman, Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-Amado

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Clarissa de Albuquerque BoturaDepartment of Medicine, Uningá Faculty, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Luiz Eduardo Bersani-AmadoDepartment of Medicine, Uningá Faculty, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Antônio Rubens Zacarias-JúniorMetropolitano Hospital, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Sueli Donizete BoreliDepartment of Health and Basic Science, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Naiene Gomes Gordo SteccaSanta Rita Hospital, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Bruno Ambrósio da RochaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Roberto Kenji Nakamura CumanDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-AmadoDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil cabamado@uem.br.
Universidade Estadual de Maringá · BR

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Abstract

We report the case of a woman who was diagnosed with a pulmonary artery aneurysm that was caused by Behçet's disease. The patient was initially diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and then pulmonary thromboembolism and aneurysm of the right pulmonary artery segmental branch was confirmed. The initial treatment consisted of anticoagulant drugs. After analysis of the family history and a positive pathergy test, the patient was diagnosed with Behçet's disease. Oral pharmacological treatment began with corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, and anticoagulant suspension. The HLA B72 allele was identified in the patient and her two sisters, demonstrating the familial characteristic of the disease and the presence of this allele in a female patient with Behçet's disease. After 12 months of treatment, the clinical condition completely resolved.

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AneurysmAnticoagulantsBehcet SyndromeCyclophosphamideDeprescriptionsEnoxaparinFemaleGlucocorticoidsHLA-B AntigensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMethylprednisoloneMiddle AgedMultidetector Computed TomographyPulmonary ArteryPulmonary EmbolismAnticoagulantsCyclophosphamideEnoxaparinGlucocorticoidsHLA-B AntigensImmunosuppressive AgentsMethylprednisoloneBehçet’s diseaseHLA B72Pulmonary artery aneurysm

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