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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0366-6999 2542-5641 |