Challenging Saccular Aorto-iliac Aneurysms in Behcet’s Disease - Neurology & Neuroscience 

Behcet’s disease (BD) is a known multisystem vasculitis of unknown aetiology and rarely  affecting   arterial system with aneurysms [1]. It is a real challenge to vascular surgeons as they need to treat  the disease as well as dealing with the aneurysms [1]. Aneurysm is generally defined as abnormal local dilatation of a blood vessel more than 50% or 3 cm of the transverse diameter [2,3]. It is considered as wall weakening and a significant fatal risk of rupture when it exceeds 5.5 cm [4].  

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