title: Internal carotid artery dissection in a patient with Behçet's syndrome.
abstract: The authors report a case of internal carotid artery dissection in a young woman with Behçet's syndrome. The authors postulate that a vasculitis of the vasa vasorum already suspected as the basis of aneurysm formation in course of Behçet's syndrome can account for occurrence of arterial dissection in this inflammatory condition.
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, Velletri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pannone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucchetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stazi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corvi
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massucci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography