Endovascular Treatment of a Superior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm Secondary to Behcet's Disease with Onyx (Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer)

Journal Article · Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-008-9403-8· OSTI ID:21450305

Gueven, Koray; Rozanes, Izzet ^[1]; Kayabali, Murat ^[2]; Minareci, Ozenc ^[1]

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1. Istanbul University, Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)
2. Istanbul University, Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Turkey)

Behcet's disease is a complex multisystemic chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized by oral and genital aphtous ulcers and vasculitis. Aneurysms of major arteries are the most important cause of mortality in Behcet's disease. Four patients with superior mesenteric artery (SMA) aneurysms related to Behcet's disease have been reported in the literature. We report here the first successful endovascular treatment of a giant, wide-necked SMA aneurysm secondary to Behcet's disease. We performed a balloon-assisted embolization technique using ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx, ev3, Irvine, CA, USA). There were no signs of recurrence during 2-year follow-up.

• OSTI ID: 21450305
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 32, Issue 1; Conference: BSIR 2008: Annual meeting of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe, Manchester (United Kingdom), 5-7 Nov 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-008-9403-8; Copyright (c) 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC; ISSN 0174-1551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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