An Uncommon Complication of Behçet's Disease: Intracardiac Thrombosis Needing Surgical Treatment

Abstract

Behçet's Syndrome is a multisystem disorder presenting with recurrent oral and genital ulcerations as well as uveitis often leading to blindness. Although vascular lesions are a common complication of this disease, cardiac involvement is extremely rare. In this unusual case a young man had Symptoms primarily realed to recurrent right-atrial and right-ventricular thrombiunresponsive to medical treatment. The intrament lesion was successfully treated by surgical excision with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Surgical treatment shouid be considered in Behçet's disease complicat by cardiac thrombi, when a thrombus recurs despite medical treatment.

Key words

Behçet's disease - intracrdiac thrombosis