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ArticleTurk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi2026

A rare case of midaortic syndrome: Vascular Behçet's disease or Takayasu arteritis?

Zeynep Ece Demirbaş, Abdullah Kemal Tuygun

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Article in Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zeynep Ece DemirbaşDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-2009-4505
Abdullah Kemal TuygunDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-0066-5729

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Abstract

This case report describes a 44-year-old man with midaortic syndrome and resistant hypertension, presenting a diagnostic challenge due to overlapping features of Behçet's disease and Takayasu arteritis. Imaging studies revealed severe aortic stenosis accompanied by aortic wall thickening, findings typically associated with Takayasu arteritis; however, the patient's clinical history and a positive pathergy test supported a diagnosis of Behçet's disease. Immunosuppressive therapy led to symptomatic improvement, and surgical management with thoracic endovascular aortic repair was successfully performed to address the aortic stenosis. This report discusses the possibility of Behçet's disease presenting with aortic stenosis-a rare vascular complication-or the coexistence of Behçet's disease and Takayasu arteritis.

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aortitisBehçet’s diseaseMidaortic syndromeresistant hypertensionTakayasu arteritis

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PMID41642011
PMCPMC13051765

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