ABSTRACTA 24-year-old man was being followed for dilated cardiomyopathy. He presented with bipolar aphthosis and a painless pulsatile abdominal mass. A CT scan showed abdominal aortic and superior mesenteric artery aneurysms and pulmonary embolism. The diagnosis of Behçet’s disease was accepted. The initial course was favorable under corticosteroid therapy.

Left atrial ball thrombus is a rare complication of rheumatic mitral stenosis. We report on a patient with a left atrial ball thrombus combined with rheumatic mitral stenosis, which was detected during echocardiographic in the context of an etiological assessment of an ischemic stroke