Cardiac Behçet disease presenting as aortic valvulitis/aortitis or right heart inflammatory mass: A clinicopathologic study of 12 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-398

  Lee, Inchul ^a   Park, Sohyung ^a   Hwang, Ilseon ^a   Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Nah, Seong Su ^a   Yoo, Bin ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Beh et disease; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Heart; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTITIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 40849100431     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31814b23da     Document Type: Article

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