Open AccessSpontaneous aortic pseudoaneurysm rupture into the sigmoid colon in Behçet’s disease patient
Author(s) -
Su Lim Lee,
Young Mi Ku,
Yong Sung Won
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i46.13201
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , sigmoid colon , stenosis , lumen (anatomy) , abdominal aortic aneurysm , behcet's disease , inferior mesenteric artery , surgery , radiology , aneurysm , disease , rectum
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder characterized by recurrent orogenital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. The vascular manifestations include thrombophlebitis, stenosis, occlusion, and pseudoaneurysm. BD infrequently precipitates aortic pseudoaneurysm rupture into the sigmoid mesocolon and lumen of the adjacent colon. Here we report an extremely rare case of spontaneous abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm rupture via the sigmoid mesocolon into the lumen of the sigmoid colon in a 37-year-old patient with BD.