Endovascular repair for a huge vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm caused by Behcet's disease

Behcet's disease (BD), a multisystem chronic autoimmune process of unknown etiology, usually leads to arterial impairment. Isolated case reports have described BD-related arterial dissections, pseudoaneurysms or aneurysms. Recently, we successfully treated a huge vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm (VAP...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2006, Vol.119 (5), p.435-437
1. Verfasser: DONG Zhi-hui FU Wei-guo GUO Da-qiao XU Xin CHEN Bin JIANG Jun-hao YANG Jue SHI Zheng-yu WANG Yu-qi
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Zusammenfassung:Behcet's disease (BD), a multisystem chronic autoimmune process of unknown etiology, usually leads to arterial impairment. Isolated case reports have described BD-related arterial dissections, pseudoaneurysms or aneurysms. Recently, we successfully treated a huge vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm (VAPA) in a patient with BD by stent-grafting with preservation of the affected vertebral artery.
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641