PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tatli, Ersan
AU  - Surucu, Huseyin
AU  - Aktoz, Meryem
AU  - Buyuklu, Mutlu
TI  - Coronary artery ectasia in a patient with Behcet's disease
DP  - 2007 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1281--1282
VI  - 28
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/8/1281.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/28/8/1281.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2007 Aug 01; 28
AB  - Behcet's disease is a multisystemic disease of unknown etiology. Disease manifestations consist of recurrent oral and genital ulceration, skin lesions, and relapsing ocular inflammation. Arterial involvement is an uncommon complication of Behcet's disease, and it most frequently affects the abdominal aorta followed by femoral artery, and the pulmonary artery. Coronary lesions in Behcet's disease have been little reported in the literature. A-36-year-old female with 6-year history of Behcet's disease was hospitalized with ectasia of the left main coronary artery. This unusual vascular complication Behcet's disease is presented.