title: Behçet's disease with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm following ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.
abstract: A 48-year-old Japanese woman with Behçet's disease suffered successive rupture of thoracic aortic and cerebral aneurysms within one year. The patient underwent successful surgical treatment for both aneurysms. Histological examination of the aneurysm walls revealed lymphocyte infiltration into the adventitia with smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the thickened intima. This is an extremely unusual presentation of Behçet's disease associated with both cerebral and aortic aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan. ogata.a24@gmail.com
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Masatou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushima
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged