title: Dramatic vascular course of Behcet's disease.
abstract: Vascular involvement in Behcet's disease is rare approximately 14% venous and 1.6% arterial, serious and recurrent. We report a case of Behcet's disease with deep venous thrombosis and right iliac pseudoaneurysm which was repaired with polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE graft. The patient received warfarin, aspirin, clopidogrel, immunosuppressive and corticosteroids. Two months later the patient developed manifestations of superior vena cava thrombosis and the graft was blocked. Three months later, ischemia of the right foot deteriorated and left femoral artery to right femoral artery crossover PTFE graft was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, PO Box 40081, Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. elsharawya@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elsharawy
authors.forename: Khairi A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Majed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Awami
authors.forename: Fatma A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Al-Mulhim
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001167:Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene