scholarly journals Atypical Vascular Involvement in a Case of Behçet's Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alejandro Rodríguez Morata ◽  
Ana Hidalgo Conde ◽  
Carlos de la Cruz Cosme ◽  
Susana Gómez Ramírez ◽  
Rafael Gómez Medialdea

Introduction. Behçet's disease (BD) is a form of vasculitis of unknown etiology which is rare in our environment. It is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations and usually affects young adults. Recurrent oral and genital ulcers are a characteristic and extremely frequent symptom, but mortality is linked with more significant symptoms such as aortic pseudoaneurysm, pulmonary pseudoaneurysm, and cerebral venous thrombosis.Patient and Method. We present a case of a young male with atypical BD and severe polyvascular involvement (previous cerebral venous thrombosis and current peripheral venous thrombosis, acute ischemia, and peripheral arterial pseudoaneurysm) who required urgent surgical intervention due to a symptomatic external iliac pseudoaneurysm.Result. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully treated, we performed an iliofemoral bypass, and we treated it with steroids and immunosuppressive therapy.Conclusions. These rare clinical manifestations highlight the importance of considering BD in young patients, even in usual cases of vascular intervention, whether arterial or venous in nature.

2009 ◽  
Vol 256 (7) ◽  
pp. 1134-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yesilot ◽  
S. Bahar ◽  
S. Yılmazer ◽  
M. Mutlu ◽  
M. Kurtuncu ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Rotondo ◽  
Giuseppe Lopalco ◽  
Florenzo Iannone ◽  
Antonio Vitale ◽  
Rosaria Talarico ◽  
...  

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic disorder of unknown etiology characterized by the “triple symptom complex” consisting of recurrent oral aphthosis, genital ulcers, and chronic relapsing bilateral uveitis. Recurrent mucocutaneous lesions are generally considered the hallmark of the disease, being the most common symptoms presenting at the onset of disease. Although the improvement of knowledge about the pathogenetic mechanism added important changes in the treatment management of BD clinical manifestations, thus avoiding the appearance of serious life-threatening complications which are disease related, the mucocutaneous lesions are still the most nagging clinical manifestations to be treated. In this work we reviewed the current state of knowledge regarding the therapeutic approaches for mucocutaneous lesions of BD mainly based on controlled studies to provide a rational framework for selecting the appropriate therapy for treating these troublesome features of the disease.


2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Saadoun ◽  
B. Wechsler ◽  
M. Resche-Rigon ◽  
S. Trad ◽  
D. Le Thi Huong ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
J. Oumerzouk ◽  
R. Klevor ◽  
B. Slioui ◽  
M. Chraa ◽  
N. Louhab ◽  
...  

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