A Behcet's Syndrome Case with an Unusual Vascular Involvement

Abstract

Behcet's Syndrome" was described as the triple-symptom complex of oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis by Hulusi Behcet, a Turkish dermatologist, in 1937. It can present with vascular, cutaneous, pulmonary, neurological, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal and genitourinary system involvements. The main components of pulmonary involvement in Behcet's Syndrome are pulmonary artery aneurysms, arterial and venous thrombosis, pulmonary infarction, recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis obliterans organising pneumonia and pleurisy. This study presented a case of a young man with hemoptysis resulting from anastomosis between the bronchial arteries and pulmonary artery and parenchymal destruction, and thus had a different vascular involvement for Behcet's syndrome.