Internal Carotid Artery Dissection in a Patient with Behçet's Syndrome

The authors report a case of internal carotid artery dissection in a young woman with Behçet's syndrome. The authors postulate that a vasculitis of the vasa vasorum already suspected as the basis of aneurysm formation in course of Behçet's syndrome can account for occurrence of arterial di...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of vascular surgery 1998-09, Vol.12 (5), p.463-467
Hauptverfasser:	Pannone, Alfonso, Lucchetti, Giuseppe, Stazi, Giancarlo, Corvi, Francesco, Ferguson, Tracy L., Massucci, Marco, Zaccaria, Alvaro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnostic imaging Behcet Syndrome - complications Behcet Syndrome - diagnosis Carotid Artery Diseases - complications Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnostic imaging Carotid Artery, Internal Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Angiography Middle Aged Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors report a case of internal carotid artery dissection in a young woman with Behçet's syndrome. The authors postulate that a vasculitis of the vasa vasorum already suspected as the basis of aneurysm formation in course of Behçet's syndrome can account for occurrence of arterial dissection in this inflammatory condition.
ISSN:	0890-5096 1615-5947
DOI:	10.1007/s100169900185