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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 14;10(8):e6173.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6173. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Cavitary lung opacity of unusual cause during Behçet disease

Donia Chebbi  1 , Chifa Damak  1 , Faten Frikha  1 , Walid Abid  2 , Mohamed Rebai  2 , Mouna Snoussi  1 , Raida Ben Salah  1 , Sameh Marzouk  1 , Abdessalem Hentati  2 , Zouhir Bahloul  1
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Case Reports

Cavitary lung opacity of unusual cause during Behçet disease

Donia Chebbi et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Pulmonary artery aneurysm must be evoked in front of any hemoptysis in a patient with Behçet disease as it requires urgent immunosuppressive therapy and often surgery.

Keywords: Behçet disease; cavitary lung opacity; corticosteroids; cyclophosphamide; intracardiac thrombosis; pulmonary artery aneurysm.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Chest radiograph showing a rounded left basal opacity with an air‐fluid level (arrow); (B) Chest CT angiography showing a 40 mm × 44 mm left cavity with an air‐fluid level
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Three‐dimensional construction of helical CT showing the left pulmonary aneurysm (arrow)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Lingulectomy piece: (A) an aneurysmal sac containing blood and a thrombus (arrow); (B) aneurysmal sac connecting with bronchus via fistula (arrow)
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