Authors: Merve Örücü Duygu Keleş Elif Peker Mehmet Çakıcı Naota Shimbori İlhan Erden Levent Yazıcıoğlu Birkan Sonel Tur
Publish Date: 2014/06/25
Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 367-370
Abstract
Behçet’s disease BD is a chronic multisystem disorder commonly seen in Mediterranean middle east and far eastern populations In this report we describe a case of a 55yearold male with Behçet’s disease who presented with a low back pain and sciatica Imaging studies showed that he had a destruction of the third lumbar vertebra because of abdominal aortic aneurysmrelated Behçet’s disease Aortic aneurysms with vertebral body erosion have been rarely reported but this vascular complication is a lifethreatening clinical picture Therefore among the causes of chronic lumbar pain in a BD patient abdominal aortic aneurysm should be remembered
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