AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION OF BEHCETS-DISEASE - INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSISNEEDING SURGICAL-TREATMENT

Behcet's syndrome is a multisystem disorder presenting with recurrent oral and genital ulcerations as well as uveitis often leading to blind ness. Although vascular lesions are a common complication of this dise ase, cardiac involvement is extremely rare, In this unusual case a you ng man had symptoms primarily related to recurrent right-atrial and ri ght-ventricular thrombi unresponsive to medical treatment. The intraca rdiac lesion was successfully treated by surgical excision with the us e of cardiopulmonary bypass. Surgical treatment should be considered i n Behcet's disease complicated by cardiac thrombi, when a thrombus rec urs despite medical treatment.