Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder
Common differential diagnosis of lung and hilar opacity includes infectious pathology or a mitotic lesion. Behcet′s disease (BD) is a rarely diagnosed disease in Indian subcontinent. BD is a multisystem inflammatory disorder that presents with recurrent orogenital ulceration, uveitis, and erythema n...
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| author | Asmita A Mehta Wesley Jose Balamugesh D J Christopher |
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| description | Common differential diagnosis of lung and hilar opacity includes infectious pathology or a mitotic lesion. Behcet′s disease (BD) is a rarely diagnosed disease in Indian subcontinent. BD is a multisystem inflammatory disorder that presents with recurrent orogenital ulceration, uveitis, and erythema nodosum. We present here the case of a patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis with radiological picture of hilar mass, during the evaluation of which the diagnosis of BD was established. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-176af4f11a99499daf12feb6c8bcce2d2022-12-21T18:20:33ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2011-01-0128430630810.4103/0970-2113.85698Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorderAsmita A MehtaWesley JoseBalamugeshD J ChristopherCommon differential diagnosis of lung and hilar opacity includes infectious pathology or a mitotic lesion. Behcet′s disease (BD) is a rarely diagnosed disease in Indian subcontinent. BD is a multisystem inflammatory disorder that presents with recurrent orogenital ulceration, uveitis, and erythema nodosum. We present here the case of a patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis with radiological picture of hilar mass, during the evaluation of which the diagnosis of BD was established.http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2011;volume=28;issue=4;spage=306;epage=308;aulast=MehtaBehcet′s diseasehemoptysislungvasculitis |
| spellingShingle | Asmita A Mehta Wesley Jose Balamugesh D J Christopher Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder Lung India Behcet′s disease hemoptysis lung vasculitis |
| title | Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| title_full | Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| title_fullStr | Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| title_short | Right hilar mass with hemoptysis: An unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| title_sort | right hilar mass with hemoptysis an unusual presentation of uncommon disorder |
| topic | Behcet′s disease hemoptysis lung vasculitis |
| url | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2011;volume=28;issue=4;spage=306;epage=308;aulast=Mehta |
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