title: Extracranial carotid artery aneurysm due to Behcet's disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder associated with recurrent oral and genital ulcers and iritis. Vascular lesions are encountered in 7%-29% of patients, gravely affecting the course of the disease. Extracranial carotid aneurysms due to Behçet's disease are extremely rare. We describe a surgically treated case of Behçet's disease in a 28-year-old man who presented with a rapidly enlarging left common carotid artery aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey. sebnemal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sebnem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albeyoglu
authors.forename: Bayer
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.forename: Tunc
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Filizcan
authors.forename: Olgar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bayserke
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D058017:Vascular Grafting