Occlusion of the Great Veins in the Behcet Syndrome

Peripheral aneurysms in Behçet's disease

“…Venous involvement seems more common than involvement of major arteries, and superficial thrombophlebitis has been reported in 12 per cent (Dowling, 1961) to 27 per cent (France et al, 1951) of patients. Thrombosis of the vena cava is also well recognized (O'Donnel, 1947;Thomas, 1947;Forman, 1960;Ishii et al, 1964;Holzmann, 1965;Scavo and Cramarossa, 1966;Enoch et al, 1968;Decroix, 1969;Haim et al, 1971 ;Kansu et al, 1972;Rosenthal et al, 1972;Chajek and Fainaru, 1973).…”

Papilledema in Behcet's Syndrome

“…Beh(;et's Syndrome-Pamir et al ma of the macula and disc can be seen in patients with active uveitis,2 but in the absence of uveitis, papilledema is a rare manifestation and has been described infrequently [10][11][12][13][15][16][17]. Masheter"l reported the first case of Beh,et's syndrome with headache and associated papilledema subsequent to dural sinus thrombosis.…”

Pulmonary Aneurysm in Behcet Syndrome: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature

“…These infarctions may result from an intra-arterial thrombus formation, a right ventricular mural thrombus, emboli from the peripheral veins or venae cavae, in situ thrombus formation within the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary arteritis, or rupture of pulmonary aneurysms [3,9,11,17].…”