RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Coronary artery ectasia in a patient with Behcet's disease
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1281
OP 1282
VO 28
IS 8
A1 Tatli, Ersan
A1 Surucu, Huseyin
A1 Aktoz, Meryem
A1 Buyuklu, Mutlu
YR 2007
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/28/8/1281.abstract
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.