title: Single stage repair of symptomatic type IV thoracoabdominal aortic and iliac aneurysm in Behçet's disease. Case report.
abstract: A 50-year-old man with Behçet's disease (BD) diagnosed ten years previously, was submitted to emergency operation of two symptomatic type IV thoracoabdominal aortic and left common iliac aneurysms repair. Despite the rarity of vascular lesions in the course of BD, the uncommon clinical situation of double symptomatic aneurysms was successfully treated with surgical management that appears more difficult because of the inflammatory process associated with obliterative endoarteritis involving all periaortic tissues.
authors.affiliation: II Department of Vascular Surgery, E. Malan Cardiovascular Center, Istituto Policlinico S. Donato, University of Milan, Via Morandi 30, 20097 S. Donato Milanese (MI), Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rampoldi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Righini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trimarchi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tolva
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonandrini
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed