title: Behçet's disease with severe arterial involvement in a child.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a vasculitis characterised by its thrombotic tendency. In some patients, manifestations of vascular lesions may dominate the clinical picture instead of the classic triad. We describe a 13-year-old boy with a 1.5-year history of Behçet's disease presenting with complaints of acute abdominal pain, severe headache and decreased vision. His work-up revealed a saccular aneurysm of the distal abdominal aorta, thrombosis in the right common iliac, external iliac and femoral arteries, and thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus. Aortoiliac bypass with a Dacron graft was performed with success. He also received cyclosporin A and anticoagulant therapy. Severe vasculitis may become overt at any age in patients with Behçet's disease. Early diagnosis and management is important to prevent morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. nbesbas@gen.hun.edu.tr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beşbaş
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozyürek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balkanci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saatçi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozaltin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakkaloğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures