PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ahmet Kale AU - Levent Akyildiz AU - Nurten Akdeniz AU - Ebru Kale TI - Pregnancy complicated by superior vena cava thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a patient with Behcet disease and the use of heparin for treatment DP - 2006 Jan 01 TA - Saudi Medical Journal PG - 95--97 VI - 27 IP - 1 4099 - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/1/95.short 4100 - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/1/95.full SO - Saudi Med J2006 Jan 01; 27 AB - Behcet disease is a multisystemic vasculitis of unknown origin. Vascular involvement has been considered to result from systemic vasculitis, occurs in 5-10% of these patients. We report a 34-year-old pregnant woman complicated by superior vena cava thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism in a patient with Behcet disease.