Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Behçet's disease: treatment with endovascular stent graft

S Erpenbach; I P Arlart; C Tremmel-Lehnert; T Hupp

doi:10.1007/s003300100910

Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Behçet's disease: treatment with endovascular stent graft

Eur Radiol. 2001;11(12):2539-42. doi: 10.1007/s003300100910. Epub 2001 May 10.

Authors

S Erpenbach¹, I P Arlart, C Tremmel-Lehnert, T Hupp

Affiliation

¹ Radiologisches Institut, Katharinenhospital, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany. s.erpenbach@katharinenhospital.de

PMID: 11734956
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100910

Abstract

A case of acute rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with Behçet's disease is reported. The patient was successfully treated by implantation of an endovascular stent graft. The preinterventional diagnostic procedures and the postinterventional follow-up are described and the benefit and risk vs open surgery is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / therapy*
Aortography
Behcet Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Behcet Syndrome / therapy*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Design
Stents*