Intracardiac thrombus in a child with behçet’s disease
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Methods A sixteen-year old male patient was admitted with painful localized swelling of the legs, high fever and cough. Medical history revealed that he had suffered from recurrent oral ulcers for 5 years, recurrent painful nodules on his legs and uveitis in the last one year. He was diagnosed with BD at another center; colchicine and eye drops were started. However, he didn’t use the pills and eye drops, regularly. Family history revealed a maternal uncle who died due to BD.
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دوره 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014