Mehta Aanchal, Shakarchi Julien Al, Meecham Lewis, Vijay Santhosh, Downing Richard
Departments of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Departments of Radiology, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, United Kingdom.
Int J Angiol. 2021 Aug 25;32(1):71-74. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735208. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare multiorgan systemic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of acute inflammation. Involvement of the vascular system, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system portends a poor prognosis. We report the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with a 2-week history of symptoms attributable to infrarenal aortic and left tibioperoneal trunk pseudoaneurysms, defined by CT angiography which also revealed right lower lobe pulmonary artery (PA) and right anterior tibial arterial aneurysms. A prior history of recurrent oral ulceration, periodic fever, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, and aseptic endocarditis with pulmonary emboli invoked a diagnosis of BD. Immunosuppression was commenced immediately, following synchronous endovascular and open arterial intervention, except the PA aneurysm. He developed a fever and cough 8 days postoperatively as a consequence of COVID-19 infection from which he recovered without complications. The management of the patient's four aneurysms in different vascular territories and postoperative COVID-19 infection in the presence of mandatory immunosuppression are discussed.
白塞病(BD)是一种罕见的多器官系统性疾病,其特征为急性炎症反复发作。血管系统、胃肠道和中枢神经系统受累预示预后不良。我们报告一例54岁男性病例,患者有2周的症状史,CT血管造影显示为肾下主动脉和左胫腓干假性动脉瘤,同时还发现右下叶肺动脉(PA)和右胫前动脉动脉瘤。既往有复发性口腔溃疡、周期性发热、脑静脉窦血栓形成以及伴有肺栓塞的无菌性心内膜炎病史,据此诊断为白塞病。除肺动脉瘤外,在同步进行血管内和开放动脉干预后,立即开始免疫抑制治疗。术后8天,他因感染新冠病毒出现发热和咳嗽,最终康复且未出现并发症。本文讨论了在强制免疫抑制情况下,对该患者不同血管区域的四个动脉瘤的处理以及术后新冠病毒感染情况。