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Successful medical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms in a patient with Behcet's disease: imaging findings.

Yekeler E, Tunaci A, Tunaci M, Kamali S, Gul A, Acunas B

Department of Radiology, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. yekelerensar@yahoo.com

Arterial manifestations of Behcet's disease consist of aneurysm formation, stenosis and occlusion. Aneurysms in Behcet's disease most commonly involve the pulmonary arteries and have been shown to resolve with medical treatment. However, this regression pattern with medical therapy has not been reported for aortic aneurysms to date. We present a 43-year-old man with bilateral abdominal aortic aneurysms resulting from Behcet's disease resolving with medical therapy.

Published 22 April 2005 in Australas Radiol, 49(2): 182-4.
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