Behçet's disease is an inflammatory disease that may involve the chest, manifesting itself by the presence of pulmonary artery aneurysms. The authors report a case of Behçet's disease where findings at chest radiography and computed tomography have suggested the possibility of the diagnosis.
Gabriel Lacerda Fernandes; Arivaldo Araújo Teixeira; Ana Graziela Santana Antón; Alan Timóteo Rodrigues Reis; Ana Carolina Rezende de Freitas; Dunya Bachour Basílio
Radiol Bras 2014;47(4):259-261 - CASE REPORT
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic disease primarily characterized by hypereosinophilia, asthma and vasculitis. The lung is the organ most frequently involved. In the present report, the authors describe a relatively rare finding in this disease – the presence of a pulmonary nodule –, while recalling the main radiological findings and the most relevant differential diagnoses.
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