Endovascular repair of concomitant celiac trunk and abdominal aortic aneurysms in a patient with Behçet's disease

J Endovasc Ther. 2004 Apr;11(2):222-5. doi: 10.1583/03-1037.1.

Abstract

Purpose: To report endovascular repair of dual aneurysms in a patient with Behçet's disease.

Case report: A 37-year-old man diagnosed 6 months prior with Behçet's disease presented with a pulsating abdominal mass. Computed tomography revealed a 70-mm-diameter pseudoaneurysm in the abdominal aorta and another (20 mm) in the celiac trunk 5 mm from the aorta. Staged endovascular repair began with the aortic aneurysm, which was excluded with a bifurcated 23 x 140-mm Excluder stent-graft. Three days later, 2 Jostent stent-grafts were placed in the celiac trunk, successfully excluding the lesion. Fifteen days later, the patient was discharged on a regimen of clopidogrel, cyclosporine, and warfarin. At 6 months, the CT scan showed good perfusion of the stent-grafts.

Conclusions: Aneurysmal involvement of the celiac trunk in a patient with Behçet's disease is a rare pathology that appears amenable to stent-graft repair.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / etiology
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Celiac Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed