CASE REPORTS  VASCULAR SECTION 

The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 April;43(2):251-4

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Detection of postoperative pseudoaneurysms following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Behçet’s disease by MRA

Ascione R., Modi P., Triggiani D., Iannelli G., Spampinato N.

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Federico II, Naples, Italy

We ­report the devel­op­ment of two anas­to­motic pseu­do­an­eu­rysms in a ­patient ­with ­Behçet’s dis­ease ­eighteen ­months ­after abdom­inal ­aortic aneu­rysm ­repair. ­Major asymp­to­matic vas­cular com­pli­ca­tions ­should be sus­pected in ­patients ­with ­Behçet’s dis­ease ­with a his­tory of vas­cular sur­gery and ­treated expe­diently due to the ­risk of rup­ture. Mag­netic res­o­nance angio­graphy, con­trast-­enhanced com­puted tomog­raphy or ultra­sound scan­ning ­should be per­formed at ­least every 6 months ­after vas­cular sur­gery.