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Bronchial Varices in a Patient with Behçet's diasese: A Case Report
Joon Cheol Song, Bo Geun Park, Chai Ho Jeong, Hye Seon Kang, Joong Hyun Ahn, Ju Sang Kim
Kosin Med J. 2017;32(1):99-104.   Published online June 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7180/kmj.2017.32.1.99
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We report a case of a 65-year-old man with Behcet's disease who presented with massive hemoptysis caused by bronchial varices. A computed tomography (CT) scan and bronchoscopy were performed to identify the bleeding site. The CT scan revealed pneumonia and a combined hemorrhage in the right-middle and lower lobes. Massive bleeding was detected during the bronchoscopy and emergency embolization was attempted but angiographic findings were normal. An anteriojugulo-right femoral bypass operation was performed to relieve the tortuous and hypertrophied jugular venous obstruction. However, thrombectomy and thrombolysis followed because of graft thrombosis six days post-surgery. The patient was treated with steroid and high-dose cyclophosphamide therapy for his Behçet's disease, which caused the venous obstructions; the saccular bronchial varices in the right-middle and right lower lobes on bronchoscopy regressed slightly after four cycles of cyclophosphamide therapy

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