Journal of Surgery

Department of Rheumatology, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Publications

• Case Report   
  Complete Resolution of Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Embolism and Aneurysmal Dilatation with Behcets Disease after Intravenous Cyclophosphamide Therapy Only: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Author(s): Ahmed A. Abd Alkader, Ahmed K. Awad* and Sheref A. Elseidy
  
  Bechet syndrome is a multisystemic illness that leads to vasculitis. The classic constellation of symptoms is recurrent aphthous ulcers of the mouth and genitalia, hyperreactivity of the skin to penetrating trauma (pathergy reaction), other skin lesions, arthritis, and panuveitis. Vascular involvement can involve arteries and veins of all sizes and types. however venous involvement tends to be more common than arterial vasculitis mostly in the form of lower extremity vein thrombosis. Interestingly the disease manifestation of vasculitis itself seems to favor males t.. Read More»
  

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