BEHCETS-DISEASE WITH CARDIAC AND PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS

BACKGROUND: Behcet's disease is a multisystem illness rarely including cardiac involve ment. We report a case characterized by a mural cardi ac mass in the right ventricle. CASE REPORT: A 14-year-old boy present ed with a lull set of symptoms leading to the diagnosis of Behcet's di sease. Echocardiography revealed a 60/120 mm mass in the right ventric le. With anticoagulation therapy, prednisone and cyclophosphamide, the cardiac lesion progressively resolved. DISCUSSION: This observation i s exceptional because cardiac mas is rarely described in Behcet's dise ase. Surgical exploration, which is usually indicated to exclude malig nant process, is not necessary in such cases.