Abstract
Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disease having a chronic and prolonged course with 4 major symptoms: oral and genital ulcerations, eye disease and cutaneous manifestations, as well as other multisystem involvements. Arterial involvement is a comparatively rare complication in BD and coronary lesions are extremely rare. We report here two cases of BD presenting as myocardial infarction (MI) with coronary artery aneurysm (CAA), with good improvement after immunosuppressive therapy.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Angina Pectoris / diagnosis
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Angina Pectoris / drug therapy
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Angina Pectoris / etiology*
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Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
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Behcet Syndrome / complications*
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Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis
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Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
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Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
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Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
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Coronary Aneurysm / drug therapy
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Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
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Coronary Angiography
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Humans
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Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
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Male
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Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
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Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
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Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
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Treatment Outcome
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Young Adult
Substances
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Anticoagulants
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Cardiovascular Agents
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Immunosuppressive Agents