Successful Treatment of Vasculo-Behcet’s Disease Presenting as Recurrent Pseudoaneurysms: the Importance of Medical Treatment
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INTRODUCTION Vasculo-Behcet's disease is a subtype of Behcet's disease, characterized by cases in which vascular complications are present and often dominate the clinical features. In this disease, there are four different vascular complications: arterial occlusion, arterial aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm, venous thrombosis, and variceal formation. It is rare that arterial lesions are multiple, but without venous involvement. So far, the optimal treatment of the disease has not been established. CASE REPORT The authors report a rare case of vasculo-Behcet's disease with multiple and recurrent pseudoaneurysms in large arteries, but without affecting the venous system. The patient underwent three rounds of surgery, but developed a new pseudoaneurysm after each operation in short term. However, the patient was successfully treated with a combination of prednisone and immunosuppressive agents. CONCLUSION For Vasculo-Behcet's disease, surgical and endovascular interventions alone increased the incidence of pseudoaneurysm. Early diagnosis and early initiation of prednisone in combination with immunosuppressive therapy are critical for inhibiting the progression of vascular lesions and provide a good prognosis.
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