Abstract
Behçet's disease is a chronic recurrent inflammatory disorder that affects many organs. A 48-year-old man with known Behçet's disease was admitted to the emergency department with aggravating severe back pain and left lower quadrant pain. A contained rupture of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was discovered with a maximum diameter of 10 cm. The patient's severe back pain was due to erosion of the third lumbar vertebra.
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MeSH terms
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / etiology*
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
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Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Rupture / etiology*
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Aortic Rupture / surgery
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Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
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Back Pain / etiology*
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Back Pain / surgery
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Behcet Syndrome / complications*
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Behcet Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
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Behcet Syndrome / surgery
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Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
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Humans
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Lumbar Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pain Measurement
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Severity of Illness Index
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Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Diseases / etiology*
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Spinal Diseases / surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome