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A diagnosis not to be missed: Behcet's disease as a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in a young Arab male patient.

Al Izzi, Mustafa; El Bur, Mohammed; Arif, Mohammed.

Int J Rheum Dis ; 13(1): 97-9, 2010 Feb 01.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20374394

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We report a 33-year-old Arab male patient who was thought to have severe idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) associated with complete atrioventricular block for more than 6 years, then was found to possess features suggestive of underlying Behcet's disease in the form of recurrent oral and genital ulcers, cutaneous folliculitis, superficial thrombophlebitis, pathergism, partially thrombosed portal vein and a positive human leukocyte antigen -B51.

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Behcet Syndrome/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/etiology , Adult , Arabs , Atrial Fibrillation/etiology , Atrioventricular Block/etiology , Behcet Syndrome/complications , Behcet Syndrome/drug therapy , Behcet Syndrome/immunology , Cardiac Pacing, Artificial , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/immunology , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/therapy , Electric Countershock , Folliculitis/etiology , Genital Diseases, Male/etiology , HLA-B Antigens/blood , HLA-B51 Antigen , Heart Failure/etiology , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Male , Oral Ulcer/etiology , Thrombophlebitis/etiology , Treatment Outcome , United Arab Emirates , Venous Thrombosis/etiology

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