Concomitant Carotid and Popliteal Artery Aneurysms in a Patient with Behçet's Syndrome—A Case Report

Behçet's syndrome is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology with a worldwide distribution. It is considered a systemic vasculitis affecting the skin, joints, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, neural tissue, and blood vessels. About 30% of the patients have vascular involvement, mainly as venous...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vascular surgery 1992-10, Vol.26 (8), p.685-687
Hauptverfasser: Böke, Erkmen, Sarigül, Ali, Ugurlu, Baran, Günay, Ilhan, Balkanci, Ferhun
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Zusammenfassung:Behçet's syndrome is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology with a worldwide distribution. It is considered a systemic vasculitis affecting the skin, joints, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, neural tissue, and blood vessels. About 30% of the patients have vascular involvement, mainly as venous thrombosis, but aneurysms of the aorta, peripheral, and pulmonary arteries have also been reported. The authors present a patient with Behçet's syndrome who had aneurysms both of the popliteal artery and the carotid artery treated surgically.
ISSN:0042-2835
DOI:10.1177/153857449202600813