Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Pseudoaneurysm with Suspected Behcet Disease: A Unique Case Report
Introduction. Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by autoimmune vasculitis is a rare complication. Clinical presentation of patients is often late with life–threatening complications. Case Illustration: A 62–year–old male patient with infrarenal abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm presenting with a 2–week worsening severe abdominal and lumbar pain with a history of uncontrolled hypertension and a history of oral ulcer. He was successfully treated with tube grafting through open surgical repair. Conclusion: The pseudoaneurysm was successfully removed and replaced with a polyester tube graft with no perioperative complications and was discharged 5 days later.
Publication Details
- Journal
- The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7454/nrjs.v9i2.1207
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00