Behçet's disease presenting with a right atrial vegetation

Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult to diagnose in children because patients often do not have characteristic symptoms and pediatricians have a low awareness of BD. We report on the case of BD in a 12-year-old boy that presented as endocarditis. Prednisolone, started after infective endocarditis...

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Published in:	Pediatric cardiology Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 150 - 152
Main Authors:	Nakata, Y, Awazu, M, Kojima, Y, Tokumura, M, Yamagishi, H, Yamashita, N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-05-1995
Subjects:	Behcet Syndrome - diagnosis Child Diagnosis, Differential Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis Heart Atria - pathology Humans Male
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Summary:	Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult to diagnose in children because patients often do not have characteristic symptoms and pediatricians have a low awareness of BD. We report on the case of BD in a 12-year-old boy that presented as endocarditis. Prednisolone, started after infective endocarditis had been ruled out, had a dramatic effect. Cardiac involvement in BD and the differential diagnosis of endocarditis are discussed.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0172-0643
DOI:	10.1007/BF00801917