Video-assisted thoracic surgery for the management of pleural and pericardial effusion in Behcet's syndrome

öz n., sarper a., Erdogan A., demircan a., ışın e.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.304-306, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Dergi Adı: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.304-306
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet's syndrome, pericardial effusion, pericardial window techniques, pleural effusion, superior vena cava syndrome, thoracic surgery, video-assisted, DISEASE, INVOLVEMENT
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 28-year-old man, who presented with pleural and pericardial chylous effusion secondary to superior vena cava syndrome, was diagnosed with Behcet's syndrome. A pericardial window was created by video-assisted thoracic surgery to relieve cardiac tamponade, and this technique also enabled lung biopsy, pleural abrasion, and drainage of the pleural effusion. We report this case because of its rarity. To the best of our knowledge, the literature contains no other report of the use of video-assisted thoracic surgery for creating a pericardial window for the treatment of cardiac tamponade in a case of Behcet's syndrome.