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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9279
Recurrent aneursyms following endovascular stent-grafting repair in vascular Behçet's disease
Aytaç Gülcü1, Naciye Sinem Gezer1, Erdem Erinç Silistreli2
Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
1Departments of Radiology, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
2Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9279
Endovascular stent-graft treatment is one of the treatment
modalities in prevention of recurrent aneurysms at the
anastomosis site which are common following surgical
repair of aneurysms in vascular Behçet’s disease.
Pseudoaneurysms may also develop at the distal and
proximal landing zones of the stent-graft. In this article, we
report a 38-year-old male case of vascular Behçet’s disease
in whom ineffective immunosuppression resulted in the
development of recurrent pseudoaneurysms at the proximal
and distal ends of the stent graft and all around it. Although
stent graft placement may be considered as an alternative
treatment to surgery in patients with vascular Behçet’s
disease, a relatively low, but ongoing risk of recurrent
pseudoaneurysm still remains.
Keywords : Aortic pseudoaneurysm; endovascular stent-grafting repair; vascular Behçet’s disease
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