Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Serious Complication of Anticoagulation in Vessel Thrombosis-associated Behçet Disease
Kotaro OuchiRyosuke NaruiToru SakumaHiroya Ojiri
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2020 Volume 59 Issue 13 Pages 1615-1620

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Anticoagulation in venous thrombosis associated with Behçet disease (BD) is controversial. We herein report a 47-year-old woman with vessel thrombosis and pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) associated with BD who died of massive hemoptysis under oral anticoagulant. Although she was initially diagnosed with oral contraceptive-induced venous thromboembolism, a subsequent investigation led to a diagnosis of BD. Follow-up computed tomography (CT) showed persistent thrombus, so anticoagulant was continued for persistent thrombus. She died of massive hemoptysis after the development of PAA was identified on follow-up CT during the period of anticoagulation. Great care to prevent bleeding events is required when administering anticoagulants for BD with vessel thrombosis.

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