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. 2014 Sep 13;9:104. doi: 10.1186/s13023-014-0153-1

Table 2.

Disease characteristics of patients with BD and BCS

Patients with BD and BCS (n = 14)
Additional etiologic factors, n (%) 5 (38.5%)
Antiphospholipid antibodies 2
Hyperhomocyteinemia 2
Factor II heterozygous gene mutation 1
Associated venous thrombosis, n (%)
Pulmonary embolism 7 (50%)
Intracardiac [right atrium/right ventricle] 5 (36%) [29%/7%]
Superior vena cava 3 (21%)
Lower limbs 4 (29%)
Cerebral 1 (7%)

Abbreviations: BCS Budd-Chiari Syndrome, BD Behcet’s disease.