title: Transcatheter embolization of renal artery aneurysm in Behçet's disease.
abstract: A 20-year-old man with Behçet's disease presented with a ruptured renal artery aneurysm. This patient had previously had aneurysms of the coronary arteries and coronary vein thrombosis that were treated with immunosuppression. A selective transcatheter embolization of the renal artery branch was done successfully and treatment with corticosteroids and methotrexate was added. Presented here is a rare complication of Behçet's disease, with discussion on the pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and the advantages and disadvantages of the angiographic treatment. This paper is supplemented with a comprehensive review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Planer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verstandig
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chajek-Shaul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*