Case ReportRecurrent Right Atrial Thrombosis Due to Behçet Disease
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Case Report
In Year 1, a 45-year-old man presented with symptoms of orogenital ulcers, erythema nodosa, and bilateral painful swelling in his legs diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Anticoagulation therapy was initiated and echocardiography showed no cardiac mass. In Year 2, he was readmitted with high-grade fever and recurrence of DVT, and echocardiography revealed a large mass (70 × 60 mm) in the right atrium. Protein C, protein S, and thrombomodulin levels were normal and antinuclear and
Discussion
In the present case, an atrial thrombus recurred because of reactivation of Behçet disease, despite continuous administration of anticoagulant medication (warfarin, international normalized ratio target maintained at 2.0-3.0) and prednisone. Recurrence of disease in this case was supported by the presence of an intracardiac mass, myocardial dysfunction, DVT, and gastrointestinal ulcers. Behçet disease has been reported to cause myocardial inflammation that results in myocardial dysfunction.1, 2
Funding Sources
This report was supported by Health Labor Sciences Research Grant, Japan.
Disclosures
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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