Research Article

The Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Aneurysmal Lesions in Behcet’s Disease

Table 4

Outcome of 69 BD patients with aneurysmal lesions.

Outcome

Clinical improvement40 (58.0%)
Relapse15 (21.7%)
 Worsening of the original aneurysmal lesions9
 Newly-onset aneurysmal lesions5
 Newly-onset arterial stenosis1
Death10 (14.5%)
 Hemoptysis3
 Acute myocardial infarction2
 Cardiac arrest1
 Rupture of the dissecting aneurysm in the abdominal aorta1
 Unknown causes3
Lost to follow-up9 (13.0%)