Surgical Treatment of a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Vasculo–Behcet Disease

Abstract

Surgical treatment of an aortic aneurysm in vasculo–Behcet disease is difficult, because of the high incidence of perioperative complications. A 38-year-old man who was diagnosed with Behcet disease 4 years ago, complained of sudden abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and we performed emergent open graft replacement. The anastomosis site was wrapped with a prosthetic graft to prevent anastomotic aneurysm formation. The patient is now well, with no complications.