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Left intracardiac thrombosis: An exceptional complication revealing BehCet’s disease

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
² Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousa, Tunisia

Open Journal of Internal Medicine·Volume 03 (2013)·Pages 15–18·Published 22 March 2013·DOI10.4236/ojim.2013.31004

Abstract

Although cardiac involvement during Behcet syn drome is uncommon and intracardiac thrombosis is ex ceptional, it concerns the right ventricle much more than the left one. We report an illustrative case of left intracardiac thrombosis revealing Behcet’s disease in a 33-year-old Tunisian man.

KeywordsBehcet’s DiseaseCardiac InvolvementThrombosis

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Left intracardiac thrombosis: An exceptional complication revealing BehCet’s disease

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