ABSTRACT
Endocarditis of the mitral and aortic valves is described for the first time in a patient with Behçet's disease. A second patient had minor changes in the mitral valve similar to that seen in the vasculitis which occurs in this condition. Valvulitis in Behçet's disease probably has the same pathogenesis as the vasculitis. The second patient also had a rare combination of Behçet's disease and the Budd-Chiari syndrome, and the necropsy findings are described.
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Behcet Syndrome/complications , Budd-Chiari Syndrome/etiology , Endocarditis/etiology , Heart Valve Diseases/etiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aortic Valve/pathology , Behcet Syndrome/pathology , Budd-Chiari Syndrome/pathology , Endocarditis/pathology , Female , Heart Valve Diseases/pathology , Humans , Liver/pathology , Lung/pathology , Male , Mitral Valve/pathology , Skin/pathologyABSTRACT
Opportunistic fungal infection is recognised as a complication of intravenous therapy (Zinneret al., 1969), prolonged antibiotic usage, immuno-suppressives, steroids, radiotherapy and in patients whose host defences are impaired (Klainer and Beisel, 1969). We describe here a patient with Hodgkin's disease who developed disseminated candidiasis associated with an indwelling venous catheter.
