Chronicle of a death foretold: a case of catastrophic vascular Behcet’s disease

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作者：

David Planer

David Leibowitz

Yair Elitzur

Amit Korach

Nurith Hiller

Tova Chajek-Shaul

机构：

[1] Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Internal Medicine

[2] Mount Scopus Campus,Cardiology Department

[3] Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Cardiothoracic Surgery

[4] Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Radiology Department

[5] Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,undefined

来源：

Clinical Rheumatology | 2007年 / 26卷

关键词：

Aortic aneurysm; Behcet’s disease; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Immunosuppression;

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摘要：

A 20-year-old man with Behcet's disease characterized by recurrent arterial aneurysms presented with a new aortic root aneurysm. This patient previously had aneurysms of the coronary arteries and vein, as well as ruptured renal artery aneurysm. Chronic maintenance immunosuppressive therapy was recommended due to the catastrophic nature of the disease, which the patient refused to take. The patient died shortly after admission. This case demonstrates the unique catastrophic natural history of vascular Behcet's disease with recurrent life-threatening arterial events, and this case stresses the therapeutic dilemma of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy in selected patients.

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页码：457 / 459

页数：2