1. Prolonged fever and intra-cardiac thrombosis revealing Behçet's disease
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Fatima Jaziri, A. Kefi, Mounira El Euch, Eya Fraj, Madiha Mahfoudhi, Sami Turki, Taieb Ben Abdallah, Khaoula Ben Abdelghani, and R. Bouaziz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cyclophosphamide ,business.industry ,Prolonged fever ,Behcet's disease ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Cardiac thrombosis ,Aneurysm ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Young adult ,Thrombus ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Summary Background Prolonged fever (PF) is a challenging problem for physicians since it can be the first manifestation of a large variety of pathologies. Exceptionally, intra-cardiac thrombus (ICT) could explain PF and reveal Behcet's disease (BD). We are reporting a 45-year-old man with BD who has these unusual manifestations. Case report A 45-year-old man presented with PF and inflammatory biological syndrome during a few months. Echocardiography showed an inhomogeneous and mobile mass in the left auricle. During his hospitalization, the patient had multiple oral aphtosis. The angioscanner showed a sacciform aneurysm of the coeliac trunk. The diagnosis of BD was retained and he was treated with high doses of steroids and cyclophosphamide with a favorable follow-up. Conclusion The search for BD should be systematic in view of any suggestive manifestation of severe cardiovascular complications like ICT especially in a young adult man from a high endemicity region.
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- 2019
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