Extracranial carotid aneurysm in Behçet disease: Report of two new cases.
Extracranial carotid aneurysm due to Behçet disease is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this complication has been previously reported in only 12 cases. We report two new cases of extracranial carotid aneurysm in Behçet disease and discuss the clinical features, therapeutic modalities, and postoperative complications of these uncommon lesions.
Bouarhroum
Abdellatif
A
Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco. a.bouarhroum@caramail.com
Sedki
Nabil
N
Bouziane
Zakaria
Z
El Mahi
Omar
O
El Idrissi
Redouane
R
Lahlou
Zineb
Z
Lekehel
Brahim
B
Sefiani
Yasser
Y
El Mesnaoui
Abbas
A
Benjelloun
Amira
A
Ammar
Fanid
F
Bensaïd
Younes
Y
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male