Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease

A 38-year-old man with a history of recurrent genital ulceration initially diagnosed as genital herpes was admitted after presenting with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed aneurysm formation of the sinus of Valsalva. On diagnosis of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva associat...

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Autores principales: XU, Zhanwen, ZHAO, Xingzhou, LI, Yaqin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988099
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description A 38-year-old man with a history of recurrent genital ulceration initially diagnosed as genital herpes was admitted after presenting with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed aneurysm formation of the sinus of Valsalva. On diagnosis of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva associated with Behçet's disease (BD), surgeon repaired the affected sinus only, and continuous steroid therapy maintained the integrity.
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spelling pubmed-44191772015-05-18 Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease XU, Zhanwen ZHAO, Xingzhou LI, Yaqin Iran J Public Health Case Report A 38-year-old man with a history of recurrent genital ulceration initially diagnosed as genital herpes was admitted after presenting with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed aneurysm formation of the sinus of Valsalva. On diagnosis of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva associated with Behçet's disease (BD), surgeon repaired the affected sinus only, and continuous steroid therapy maintained the integrity. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4419177/ /pubmed/25988099 Text en Copyright © Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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XU, Zhanwen
ZHAO, Xingzhou
LI, Yaqin
Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title_full Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title_fullStr Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title_short Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Patient with Behcet's Disease
title_sort aneurysms of the sinus of valsalva in a patient with behcet's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988099
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