Dramatic vascular course of Behcet's disease.

Abstract

Vascular involvement in Behcet's disease is rare approximately 14% venous and 1.6% arterial, serious and recurrent. We report a case of Behcet's disease with deep venous thrombosis and right iliac pseudoaneurysm which was repaired with polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE graft. The patient received warfarin, aspirin, clopidogrel, immunosuppressive and corticosteroids. Two months later the patient developed manifestations of superior vena cava thrombosis and the graft was blocked. Three months later, ischemia of the right foot deteriorated and left femoral artery to right femoral artery crossover PTFE graft was performed.

• Authors: Mohamed A Elsharawy, Khairi A Hassan, Majed Al-Awami, Fatma A Al-Mulhim
• Journal: Saudi medical journal (Saudi Med J) Vol. 25 Issue 12 Pg. 2013-5 (Dec 2004) ISSN: 0379-5284 [Print] Saudi Arabia
• PMID: 15711689 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Polytetrafluoroethylene

Topics

• Aneurysm, False (diagnosis, surgery)
• Angiography
• Arteritis (diagnosis, surgery)
• Behcet Syndrome (diagnosis, surgery)
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
• Femoral Artery (surgery)
• Genital Diseases, Male (diagnosis, surgery)
• Graft Occlusion, Vascular (surgery)
• Humans
• Iliac Artery (surgery)
• Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
• Imaging, Three-Dimensional
• Ischemia (surgery)
• Leg (blood supply)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Oral Ulcer (diagnosis, surgery)
• Polytetrafluoroethylene
• Prognosis
• Reoperation
• Skin Ulcer (diagnosis, surgery)
• Thrombosis (diagnosis, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Vena Cava, Superior (surgery)