An Adolescent Presented With Hemoptysis: Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Pediatric Behçet’s Disease

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Behçet’s disease (BD) is a rare autoimmune and chronic inflammatory vasculitis, characterized by relapsing episodes of oral aphthous and genitalulcers, skin lesions, ocular lesions and vascular involvement. Pulmonary artery involvement is rare in BD but it carries a high mortality risk. Inthis article, we report a 15-year-old male patient presented with a two-month history of hemoptysis, cough, fewer and weight loss. On physicalexamination, auscultation revealed decreased breath sounds at left lung base. Bronchoscopy showed narrowed left lower lobe bronchus due to theexternal compression. Computed tomography angiography revealed multiple bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. Pathergy test was positive andhe was diagnosed with BD. BD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of childhood hemoptysis.