Cardiovascular Involvement in Behçet Disease

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a disease with mixed vascular tropism: venous and arterial. Vasculo-Behçet or angio-Behçet presents a particular patient profile. Vascular involvement, especially pulmonary artery aneurysm, thoracic aortic aneurysm and Budd Chiari syndrome are entities affiliated with the disease and strike the prognosis. Our series is predominantly male, with an average age of 36 years. Venous disease concerns the majority of patients: 40 patients. It is most often a deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs. In the arterial system, the pulmonary artery aneurysm was found in 7 patients, the most common location of aneurysms. The association of venous and arterial involvement is more important. Corticosteroid therapy is prescribed in three out of four patients. Immunosuppressive treatment such as azathioprine or cyclophosphamide are prescribed in almost half of patients with venous involvement.