EMBOLIZATION OF MULTIPLE PULMONARY ARTERIAL ANEURYSMS IN BEHCETS-DISEASE

Citation
H. Mouas et al., EMBOLIZATION OF MULTIPLE PULMONARY ARTERIAL ANEURYSMS IN BEHCETS-DISEASE, Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 25(1), 1996, pp. 58-60
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
ISSN journal
03009742
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
58 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9742(1996)25:1<58:EOMPAA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Arterial manifestations of Behcet's disease carry a particularly poor prognosis, especially pulmonary arterial aneurysms. We report herein t he successful embolization of multiple bilateral pulmonary arterial an eurysms in a young Algerian man, whose treatment included corticostero ids and immunosuppressive drugs.