Major vascular complications in Behçet’s syndrome

Open Access

1 June 1968

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)

Vol. 44 (512) , 453-459
https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.44.512.453

Abstract

Summary: Two patients with Behçet’s syndrome are described. One patient developed spontaneous bilateral popliteal artery aneurysms and the other spontaneous thrombosis of the superior vena cava. These cases emphasize that primary inflammatory lesions of large vessels, with arterial aneurysm formation and thrombosis may be a feature of the syndrome.

Keywords

BEHET
BILATERAL POPLITEAL
SPONTANEOUS BILATERAL
TWO PATIENTS
SUPERIOR VENA
DEVELOPED SPONTANEOUS
PATIENT DEVELOPED
VENA CAVA
MAJOR VASCULAR
SYNDROME SUMMARY

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