Endovascular treatment of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient: mid-term result

• Main Authors: Turkoz Riza, Akbulut Ahmet, Gulcan Oner, Kutlu Ramazan, Baysal Tamer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2002-03-01
• Series: BMC Medical Imaging
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2342/2/1

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the development of arterial complications like pseudoaneurysms.</p> <p>Case Presentation</p> <p>A case of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient who was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft placement is reported, diagnostic and interventional procedures are discussed, and mid-term follow-up results are presented.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm complications of young Behcet patients who are not suitable for open surgery and need intervention could be an alternative treatment modality even without performing preprocedural angiography.</p>