title: Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behget's disease is a systemic disease of unknown etiology with a chronic relapsing course,characterized by oral aphtous, genital ulcers, ocular lesions, and occasionally vasculitis. Major asymptomatic vascular complications should always be considered in patients with Behget'sdisease. We present the surgical treatment of two male Behget's patients of 41 and 30 years of age with ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. The urgent repairs of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms were performed successfully in both patients. Because Behget's disease is usually seen at young ages, vascular assessment should also be done routinely for early diagnosis and therapy, which can be life-saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Erentuğ
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bozbuğa
authors.forename: Suat Nail
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Omeroğlu
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ardal
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güçlü
authors.forename: Füsun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Güzelmeriç
authors.forename: Kaan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirali
authors.forename: Esat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male