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ArticleThe International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc2023

Undiagnosed Behçet's Disease Complicated by Multiple Pseudoaneurysms and COVID-19 Infection.

Aanchal Mehta, Julien Al Shakarchi, Lewis Meecham, Santhosh Vijay, Richard Downing

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Article in The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aanchal MehtaDepartments of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9948-6765
Julien Al ShakarchiDepartments of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Lewis MeechamDepartments of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Santhosh VijayDepartments of Radiology, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Richard DowningDepartments of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Worcestershire Royal Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare multiorgan systemic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of acute inflammation. Involvement of the vascular system, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system portends a poor prognosis. We report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with a 2-week history of symptoms attributable to infrarenal aortic and left tibioperoneal trunk pseudoaneurysms, defined by CT angiography which also revealed right lower lobe pulmonary artery (PA) and right anterior tibial arterial aneurysms. A prior history of recurrent oral ulceration, periodic fever, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, and aseptic endocarditis with pulmonary emboli invoked a diagnosis of BD. Immunosuppression was commenced immediately, following synchronous endovascular and open arterial intervention, except the PA aneurysm. He developed a fever and cough 8 days postoperatively as a consequence of COVID-19 infection from which he recovered without complications. The management of the patient's four aneurysms in different vascular territories and postoperative COVID-19 infection in the presence of mandatory immunosuppression are discussed.

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anastomotic complicationBehcet's diseaseCOVID-19endovascular repairimmunosuppressionpseudoaneurysmSARS-CoV-2

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PMID36727151
PMCPMC9886444
OpenAlexW3195193223

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