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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension secondary to Behçet's disease: an extremely rare pediatric case.

Mohammad MahdaviSanaz AsadianNahid RezaeianSahar Asl FallahHossein ShahzadiYaser Toloueitabar
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is an uncommon condition in the children. It almost always accompanies a hypercoagulable state. We described a rare case of Behçet's disease presenting with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and initially misdiagnosed as coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • rare case
  • pulmonary artery
  • coronavirus disease
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • atrial fibrillation
  • young adults
  • case report