Abstract
Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult to diagnose in children because patients often do not have characteristic symptoms and pediatricians have a low awareness of BD. We report on the case of BD in a 12-year-old boy that presented as endocarditis. Prednisolone, started after infective endocarditis had been ruled out, had a dramatic effect. Cardiac involvement in BD and the differential diagnosis of endocarditis are discussed.
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Nakata, Y., Awazu, M., Kojima, Y. et al. Behçet's disease presenting with a right atrial vegetation. Pediatr Cardiol 16, 150–152 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801917
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