Journal article
An unusual case with vasculo-Behçet's disease: peripheral arterial aneurysm in an elderly woman
Clinical and experimental rheumatology, Vol.32(4 Suppl 84), pp.S103-S105
07/01/2014
PMID: 24295361
Abstract
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, multi-systemic disorder that can affect all sizes of arteries and veins. Vascular involvement of BD is generally observed in young men and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Arterial lesions can appear as aneurysms, stenosis and occlusions in BD. We, here, present the case of a woman who developed a peripheral arterial aneurysm in her sixth decade, 20 years after disease onset. BD patients with aneurysms should be consulted at any age for pre- and post-operative assessment for immunosuppressive treatment to reduce recurrences, complications and disease activation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An unusual case with vasculo-Behçet's disease: peripheral arterial aneurysm in an elderly woman
- Creators
- Sibel Yilmaz-OnerMeryem CanGulsen OzenBuge OzFeyyaz BaltaciogluHasan TuzunHaner Direskeneli
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical and experimental rheumatology, Vol.32(4 Suppl 84), pp.S103-S105
- PMID
- 24295361
- ISSN
- 0392-856X
- eISSN
- 1593-098X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984702825302771
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