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AI InsightThis 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 Behçet's syndrome
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Abstract
"Behçet's Syndrome" was described as the triple-symptom complex of oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis by Hulusi Behçet, 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 Behçet'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 Behçet's syndrome
Özet
"Behçet Sendromu", 1973'te bir Türk Dermatoloğu olan Hulusi Beh- çet tarafından oral aftöz ülser, genital ülser ve göz belirtileri klinik üçlemesi ile tanımlanmıştır. Vasküler, kutanöz, pulmoner, nörolojik, romatizmal, gastrointestinal ve genitoüriner sistem tutulumları ile ortaya çıkabilir. Behçet sendromunda pulmoner tutulumun ana öğeleri; pulmoner arter anevrizmaları, arteriyel ve venöz tromboz, pulmoner infarkt, tekrarlayan pnömoni, bronşiolit obliterans organize pnömoni ve plörezidir. Bu yazıda, hemoptizisi bronşiyal arterler ile pulmoner arter arasındaki anastomoz ile parankimal yıkımdan kaynaklanan ve bu nedenle Behçet sendromu için farklı bir damarsal tutulumu olduğu düşünülen genç bir erkek olgu sunulmuştur