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Ulnar artery aneurysm in a patient with Behçet’s disease

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Behçet’s disease is a systemic disease characterized by oral aphthosis, genital ulcers, ocular lesions, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological and major vessel involvement. Arterial involvement, aneurysms and arterial thrombosis have been reported in 1.5–3% of patients. In this case report, we present a patient with ulnar arterial aneurysm associated with Behçet’s disease.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Etlik, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    Bunyamin Kisacik, Timucin Kasifoglu, Sedat Yilmaz, Ismail Simsek, Hakan Erdem, Salih Pay & Ayhan Dinc

  2. Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Sinan Akay & Omer Yilmaz

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Kisacik, B., Kasifoglu, T., Akay, S. et al. Ulnar artery aneurysm in a patient with Behçet’s disease. Rheumatol Int 30, 383–385 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-0951-2

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