PSEUDOANEURYSM OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL-ARTERY IN BEHCETS-DISEASE WITH SPONTANEOUS THROMBOSIS FOLLOWED BY CT ANGIOGRAPHY

A 25-year-old man developed sudden pain and a pulsating mass in the le ft thigh. A diagnosis of Behcet's disease was made because of four maj or symptoms. Laboratory data indicated active inflammation. Emergency spiral computed tomographic angiography (CTA) showed an aneurysm of th e left superficial femoral artery (SFA). Under steroid therapy, follow -up spiral CTA showed spontaneous occlusion of the aneurysm, In the ac tive phase of arteritis, spiral CTA is useful for the diagnosis of art erial lesions to avoid the arterial puncture of conventional arteriogr aphy.