Successful cyclophosphamide therapy with complete resolution of pulmonary artery aneurysm in Hughes-Stovin syndrome patient

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1455-1458

  Lee, Jaejoon ^a   Noh, Jung Won ^a   Hwang, Ji Won ^a   Kim, Hyungjin ^a   Ahn, Joong Kyong ^a   Koh, Eun Mi ^a   Cha, Hoon Suk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Cyclophosphamide; Hughes Stovin syndrome; Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; EMBOLECTOMY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL VEIN; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUGHES STOVIN SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANEURYSM; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 53849107462     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0951-8     Document Type: Article

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