title: Rupture of the abdominal aorta in a 13-year-old girl secondary to Behçet disease: a case report.
abstract: Behçet disease is a multisystemic vasculitis of unknown origin. The vascular complications as a result of the disease are rare in the pediatric age group. We report a 13-year-old patient with vasculo-Behçet disease with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm without a formerly known history of Behçet disease. Urgent aortoiliac bypass with a polytetrafluoroethylene graft was performed with success, and the patient has also received corticosteroid and immunosuppressive drug therapy.
authors.affiliation: Yüzüncü Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Van, Turkey. vkutay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Veysel
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kutay
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ekim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome