Abstract
Behçet's disease is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder associated with recurrent oral and genital ulcers and iritis. Vascular lesions are encountered in 7%–29% of patients, gravely affecting the course of the disease. Extracranial carotid aneurysms due to Behçet's disease are extremely rare. We describe a surgically treated case of Behçet's disease in a 28-year-old man who presented with a rapidly enlarging left common carotid artery aneurysm.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Safar
HA
Khamseen
SA
Kansou
J
Abubacker
S
Francis
I
Asfar
S
. Vascular aneurysms in Behcet's disease . Surg Pract
2005 ;9 :35 –40 .
2.
Uzun
L
Ugur
MB
Ulukent
SC
Ozdemir
H
Koca
R
. Vasculo-Behcet's disease mimicking a metastatic neck mass . Tohoku J Exp Med
2005 ;206 :81 –4 .
3.
Pandrea
A
Rudinskaya
A
Klein
B
Krebs
T
. What does it take to diagnose Behçet disease?
J Clin Rheumatol
2007 ;13 :31 –4 .
4.
Tuzun
H
Besirli
K
Sayin
A
Vural
FS
Hamuryudan
V
Hizli
N
Management of aneurysms in Behcet's syndrome: an analysis of 24 patients . Surgery
1997 ;121 :150 –6 .
5.
Bouarhroum
A
Sedki
N
Bouziane
Z
El Mahi
O
El Idrissi
R
Lahlou
Z
Extracranial carotid aneurysm in Behçet disease: report of two new cases . J Vasc Surg
2006 ;43 :627 –30 .
6.
Al-Basheer
M
Hadadin
F
. Aneurysm formation type of vasculo-Behcet's disease . Heart Lung Circ
2007 ;16 :407 –9 .
7.
Honjo
O
Yunoki
K
Shichijo
T
Oba
O
. Peripheral pseudoaneurysm in active Behçet's disease: surgical and perioperative therapeutic strategies . Ann Vasc Surg
2006 ;20 :664 –8 .
8.
Kwon
Koo B
Shim
WH
Yoon
YS
Kwon
Lee B
Choi
D
Jang
Y
Endovascular therapy combined with immunosuppressive treatment for pseudoaneurysms in patients with Behcet's disease . J Endovasc Ther
2003 ;10 :75 –80 .