[Carotid false aneurysm : New case revealing a Behçet's disease]
1Hôpital militaire de Smara, faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Rabat, Maroc.
Abstract:
Arterial affection in Behçet's disease is serious and can be aneurysmal or thrombotic. The literature on the characteristics of arterial aneurysms in Behçet's disease remains scarce. This is a case report of a 19-year-old young male who was operated on for a false aneurysm of the left carotid bulb Aneurysm whose etiological investigation revealed Behçet's disease immediately complicated by the arterial localization. The false aneurysm was excised and the carotid bulb was repaired with polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis.
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