Coronary revascularization and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with Behcet's diseases

Behcet's disease is a systemic disease characterized by oral aphta, genital ulcer, and ocular lesion. Arterial involvement is an uncommon complication of Behcet's disease, and it most frequently affects the abdominal aorta fo llowed by the femoral artery and the pulmonary artery. Coronary lesions in Behcet's disease have been little reported in the literature. In this commu nication, we present a case with coronary artery stenosis and with subseque ntly developed supra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm. The coronary lesions were revasculized with gastroepiploic artery, right internal mammary artery , and saphenous vein graft. Abdominal aortic repair was performed with part ial cardiopulmonary stand by, because of the risk of coronary ischemia duri ng the cross clamp including the celiac artery. To our knowledge, this is t he first report of successful repair of combined lesions of the coronary an d the abdominal aorta in a patient with Behcet's disease.