Interventional Radiology - Technical Note

Emergent stent-graft repair of a massive aortic pseudoaneurysm secondary to Behçet’s disease in a child

10.5152/dir.2018.18042

  • Allison Dawson
  • Giri M. Shivaram
  • Sarah K. Baxter
  • Eric J. Monroe
  • Kevin S. H. Koo

Received Date: 30.01.2018 Accepted Date: 09.04.2018 Diagn Interv Radiol 2018;24(5):295-297

An 11-year-old male with vasculitis was found to have a large abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm on diagnostic angiography. This report describes endovascular repair of the pseudoaneurysm by stent-graft exclusion. The existing literature surrounding this rare and potentially fatal condition is also reviewed.