Behçet’s Disease: Pulmonary Aneurysm Resolution with Oral Therapy and HLA B72 Allele Association

We report the case of a woman who was diagnosed with a pulmonary artery aneurysm that was caused by Behçet's disease. The patient was initially diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and then pulmonary thromboembolism and aneurysm of the right pulmonary artery segmental branch was confirmed. The initial treatment consisted of anticoagulant drugs. After analysis of the family history and a positive pathergy test, the patient was diagnosed...