2024/12/09 by M.MOUSSAOUI, E.DAOUD, M. JALLOULI +4
#Behçet’s disease #CT Scan #Imaging features #Pulmonary artery aneurysm
paper · doi:10.71776/pist-jims-189324
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, arthritis, and involvement of the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, and blood vessels. In the thorax, it may cause vascular complications, affecting the aorta, brachiocephalic arteries, bronchial arteries, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins. After the aorta, the pulmonary arteries are the most common site of arterial involvement among the pulmonary manifestations in patients with BD. We report a case of a 24-year-old man with an established diagnosis of Behçet’s disease since ten years presented with cough and hemoptysis. Pulmonary arterial aneurysms (PAA) was diagnosed. This report aims to demonstrate the imaging findings of PAA seen in BD, and the effectiveness of immunosuppressive treatment which led to partial resolution and thrombosis of PAAs.