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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

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 97-99

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01451.x

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Behcet's disease; dilated cardiomyopathy

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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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