Large artery involvement in Behçet's disease.

Ten (2.2%) of 450 patients with Behçet's disease seen over a 10 year period had arterial manifestations. This was demonstrated by occlusion of radial and superficial femoral arteries in 3, aneurysm of subclavian, innominate, common and external iliac arteries and abdominal aorta in 4, both occlusion and aneurysm of pulmonary, external iliac and renal arteries in 3. All patients were male except one. Their ages ranged from 24-36 years with a mean age of 30 +/- 5 years.