RESUMEN
A doença de Behçet consiste em uma vasculite sistêmica que acomete veias, artérias e capilares, mas predominantemente pequenos vasos. Raramente há o envolvimento de veias e artérias de médio e grande calibre, sendo as artérias menos acometidas que as veias. No presente trabalho, os autores apresentam um relato de caso de aneurisma da artéria poplítea em um paciente com a doença de Behçet descompensada. Discutem-se os aspectos clínicos e radiológicos e o manejo cirúrgico dos pacientes com essa doença inflamatória sistêmica que apresentam peculiaridades importantes.
Behçet's disease consists of a systemic vasculitis that affects veins, arteries and capillaries, but predominantly small vessels. Veins and medium- and large-caliber arteries are rarely involved; however, arteries are less involved than veins. In this paper the authors present a case of popliteal artery aneurysm in a patient with decompensated Behçet's disease. We discuss clinical, radiological and surgical aspects of patients with this inflammatory systemic disease who present important peculiarities.
Asunto(s)
Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Humanos , Aneurisma/complicaciones , Aneurisma/diagnóstico , Arteria Poplítea/anomalías , Arteria Poplítea/lesiones , Síndrome de Behçet/complicaciones , Síndrome de Behçet/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Behçet/historiaRESUMEN
Dr. Hulusi Behcet was born on February 20, 1889 in Istanbul. He graduated from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1910 and then he specialized in Dermatology and Venereal Diseases. He served in the Edirne Military Hospital between 1914-1918 and then went to Budapest and Berlin to improve his knowledge. In 1923, he started at the Istanbul Medical Faculty as an academic staff and with university reform in 1933, he was appointed as a professor to Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases and continued his career there until his death in 1948. Three patients whom he had consulted for years and who shared similar symptoms made him suspect a new disease and a viral etiology which may play a role in the appearance of this disease. After several discussions and publications, medical literature had accepted Behcet's Disease as a special entity. Dr. Behcet published a total of 196 articles, 53 of which were published in prestigious international journals.