Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Inferior Vena Cava Occlusion in Behqet's Disease: A Case Report
Behqet's disease is a rare, multisystem disorder characterized by widespread vasculitis on both the arterial and venous side of the circulation. The authors report a very rare case of associated leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm and Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to inferior vena cava occlusion...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Vascular surgery 1999-05, Vol.33 (3), p.323-328 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Behqet's disease is a rare, multisystem disorder characterized by widespread vasculitis on both the arterial and venous side of the circulation. The authors report a very rare case of associated leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm and Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to inferior vena cava occlusion in a 25-year-old woman with complicated Behqet's disease. To our knowledge, this is the fourth case to be reported in the English literature with such a combination. |
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ISSN: | 0042-2835 |
DOI: | 10.1177/153857449903300315 |