Giant aneurysm of the proximal segment of the left anterior descending artery in a patient with Behçet's disease--a combined approach.
Behçet's disease is an autoimmune, multisystem disease presenting with recurrent oral and genital ulceration as well as ocular involvement. Aneurysmal degeneration of coronary arteries remains a rare phenomenon in Behçet's disease. The case of a patient with Behçet's disease who presented with severe stenosis of the left anterior descending artery associated with a giant aneurysm of the proximal segment is described. Surgical revascularization was proposed, followed by percutaneous embolization of the aneurysm.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.
Paolo
P
Porcu
Olivier
O
Chavanon
Bernard
B
Bertrand
Victor
V
Costache
Helena
H
Carley
Vincent
V
Bach
Rachid
R
Hacini
Dominique
D
Blin
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed