Isolated brachial artery aneurysm successfully treated with a covered stent in a patient with Behçet's disease

Görkem Yiğit

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17852

Görkem Yiğit¹, Selin Özen², Anıl Özen¹, Hakkı Zafer İşcan¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17852

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Behçet"s disease is a vasculitic pathology characterized by skin lesions, genital ulcers, aphthous stomatitis, and uveitis. Arterial aneurysms are rare in this disease. Herein, we report a rare case of an isolated brachial artery aneurysm with a history of Behçet"s disease treated with endovascular covered stenting of the brachial artery.

Keywords : Aneurysm, Behçet

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