Semih Murat Yucel
,
Umit Halıcı
,
Soner Sanioglu
,
Atilla Kanca

ABSTRACT

Behcet’s disease is a chronic multisystemic vasculitis that is characterized by recurrent oral apthous ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis and its etiology remains still unknown. Although, It may affect any organ system, also vascular involvement can be seen. Venous involvement is more common than the arterial one but pathologies like as thrombosis and aneurysm formation can be seen in arterial system. Vena cava superior thrombosis can be seen in course of Behcet’s disease as the years pass. We aimed to present a 29 years old male patient with thrombosis of vena cava superior that is diagnosed as Behcet’s Disease in this study.

Keywords:

Behcet Syndrome, Superior Vena Cava Syndrome, vasculitis

VOLUME

7

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ISSUE

28
December 2013
Correspondence
Umit Halıcı
Email
uhalici2003@yahoo.com
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