Emergency endovascular management of pulmonary artery aneurysms in Behçet's disease: report of two cases and a review of the literature.
his report describes two patients with a known history of Behçet's disease in whom massive hemoptysis developed from rupture of pulmonary artery aneurysms. The high recurrence rate of complications related to pulmonary artery aneurysms and even the aneurysms themselves due to inadequacy of medical therapy and the disadvantages of surgical treatment make these aneurysms candidates for endovascular management. The pulmonary artery aneurysms reported here were successfully treated with endovascular embolization using n-butyl cyanoacrylate. Pulmonary artery aneurysm embolization in Behçet's disease has been reviewed in the light of relevant literature.
Cantasdemir
Murat
M
Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34300 Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul, Turkey. cantas1@yahoo.com
Kantarci
Fatih
F
Mihmanli
Ismail
I
Akman
Canan
C
Numan
Furuzan
F
Islak
Civan
C
Bozkurt
A Kursat
AK
D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004630:Emergencies; D004659:Enbucrilate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D004659:Enbucrilate