PERCUTANEOUS POSTSURGICAL PULMONARY EMBOLIZATION IN BEHCETS-DISEASE -CASE-REPORT

Authors
GARCIA JM CARREIRA JM SEOANE C VIDAL JJ
Citation
Jm. Garcia et al., PERCUTANEOUS POSTSURGICAL PULMONARY EMBOLIZATION IN BEHCETS-DISEASE -CASE-REPORT, MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY & ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES, 7(1), 1998, pp. 63-65
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY & ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES
ISSN journal
13645706 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-5706(1998)7:1<63:PPPEIB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Behcet's disease affects mainly male patients aged 11-30 years. It can affect any type oi artery or vein. Pulmonary disease is produced in 5 % of cases, manifesting as thromboembolism, heart attack and aneurysm formation. A pulmonary haemorrhage from a pulmonary aneurysm is descri bed in a 34-year-old patient who was treated with percutaneous emboliz ation after surgery.