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Behçet’s disease is a vasculitis characterised by its thrombotic tendency. In some patients, manifestations of vascular lesions may dominate the clinical picture instead of the classic triad. We describe a 13-year-old boy with a 1.5-year history of Behçet’s disease presenting with complaints of acute abdominal pain, severe headache and decreased vision. His work-up revealed a saccular aneurysm of the distal abdominal aorta, thrombosis in the right common iliac, external iliac and femoral arteries, and thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus. Aortoiliac bypass with a Dacron graft was performed with success. He also received cyclosporin A and anticoagulant therapy.
Severe vasculitis may become overt at any age in patients with Behçet’s disease. Early diagnosis and management is important to prevent morbidity and mortality.
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Received: 11 June 2001 / Accepted: 12 October 2001
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Beşbaş, N., Özyürek, E., Balkancı, F. et al. Behçet’s Disease with Severe Arterial Involvement in a Child. Clin Rheumatol 21, 176–179 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-002-8278-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-002-8278-3