FALSE LEFT-VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM AND CORON ARY-ARTERY ANEURYSMS IN BEHCETS-SYNDROME

A false left ventricular aneurysm and coronary artery aneurysm were di scovered in a 29 year old patient with Behcet's syndrome. The operatio n under cardiopulmonary bypass consisted of closing the neck of the fa lse aneurysm by an endo-aneurysmal approach with a Gore-Tex patch. The coronary artery aneurysms were respected. There were no postoperative complications. Cardiac involvement is rare in Behcet's syndrome (6 %) . The originality of this case is the association of two aneurysmal pa thologies : the coronary and ventricular aneurysms due to the angiitis and the myocardial fragility induced by ischaemia.