Behçet's Disease: A Radiological Review of Vascular and Parenchymal Pulmonary Involvement.
Caterina GiannessiOlga SmorchkovaDiletta CozziGiulia ZantonelliElena BertelliChiara MoroniEdoardo CavigliVittorio MielePublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by underlying chronic vasculitis of both large- and small-caliber vessels. Thoracic involvement in BD can occur with various types of manifestations, which can be detected with contrast-enhanced MSCT scanning. In addition, MR can be useful in diagnosis. Characteristic features are aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries that can cause severe hemoptysis and SVC thrombosis that manifests as SVC syndrome. Other manifestations are aortic and bronchial artery aneurysms, alveolar hemorrhage, pulmonary infarction, and rarely pleural effusion. Achieving the right diagnosis of these manifestations is important for setting the correct therapy and improving the patient's outcome.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary hypertension
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- case report
- pulmonary artery
- diffusion weighted imaging
- drug induced
- spinal cord
- aortic valve
- early onset
- high resolution
- pulmonary embolism
- stem cells
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- left ventricular
- mesenchymal stem cells
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- bone marrow
- cell therapy