Vascular surgery in Behçet's syndrome: a case report.
A case of Behçet's syndrome with right femoral artery thrombosis surgically treated by femoro-popliteal TEA and lumbar sympathectomy is described. The validity of TEA even in this rare vascular disease is evidenced. After having examined the reasons leading to this surgical procedure, and good results in long-term follow-up are underlined.
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy