title: Behçet's disease: treatment of popliteal pseudoaneurysm by an endovascular stent graft implantation.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a multisystemic chronic autoimmune process that can be responsible for some vascular lesions, in addition to its typical dermatologic lesions. Arterial pseudoaneurysm formation can be diagnosed in this group of patients and generally surgery is indicated. In this report, we discuss an alternative endovascular intervention and its advantages. An endovascular stent graft was placed in the popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm of a 37-year-old male with Behçet's disease. Early results of this procedure are good thus far. Implantation of an endovascular stent graft, an alternative modality in the treatment of pseudoaneurysms, can result in a shorter hospital stay and a significantly shorter period before returning to normal life. General anesthesia and surgical dissection are avoided, thus diminishing morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Dokuz Eylül, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. silistreli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silistreli
authors.forename: Ozalp
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erdal
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Serbest
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güzeloglu
authors.forename: Hüdai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Catalyürek
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Açikel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome