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. 1990 Jan;63(1):66–68. doi: 10.1136/hrt.63.1.66

Pulmonary arterial occlusions and aneurysms: a forme fruste of Behçet's or Hughes-Stovin syndrome.

S Bowman 1, M Honey 1
PMCID: PMC1024320  PMID: 2310648

Abstract

A patient is reported with pulmonary arterial occlusions and aneurysms and recurrent haemoptysis. He gave a history of recurrent arthropathy and febrile illnesses; though he had had no other features of Behçet's or Hughes-Stovin syndrome his disease probably fell into this broad diagnostic category.

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