title: Endovascular treatment of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient: mid-term result.
abstract: BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the development of arterial complications like pseudoaneurysms. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient who was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft placement is reported, diagnostic and interventional procedures are discussed, and mid-term follow-up results are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm complications of young Behcet patients who are not suitable for open surgery and need intervention could be an alternative treatment modality even without performing preprocedural angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inonu university School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey. rkutlu@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutlu
authors.forename: Oner
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gulcan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turkoz
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baysal