Case Report

Cerebral Aneurysms: A Rare Feature of Behçet's Disease—A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1


Author/Ref.Sex/AgeDiagnostic delay of BDClinical manifestationsLocationOther localizations of aneurysmsMedical treatmentInterventionFollow-up

Katoh et al. [10]M/29//MCA//Clipping/
Buge et al. [4]M/438 yearsHemiplegiaACA, MCA, ICRetinal anCorticosteroidsNo/
Kerr et al. [17]M/12//MCA, ACom, PCom, AChorA/CorticosteroidsClipping/
Tsuji et al. [7]F/6223 yearsHeadache, CD, SAHBilateral MCA, IC, AComNo/clipping /
Khodja et al. [8]M/439 yearsLower limb monoparesiaACom celiac trunk AN Angiodysplasia AVMCorticosteroids
Colchicine
No/
Dietl et al. [15]///Bilateral IC/Corticosteroids
Colchicine
Coil/
Ildan et al. [21]M/283 yearsSAHAComNoCorticosteroids,
Cyclophosph.
Clipping/
El Abbadi et al. [16]M/442 years CS (MCA)Bilateral MCANo/Clipping/
Nakasu et al. [6]M/5719 years SAH, paresia, confusional stateBilateral MCA//ClippingRelapse AN MCA disappeared after steroid therapy
Rosenstingl et al. [19]M/360SAHSCER ANNoCorticosteroids,
Cyclophosph.
Colchicine
Coil, angioplastyDisappeared
Koçak et al. [20]M/376 years beforeHeadache, cerebral hematomaMCANoNoClippingDisappeared
Chi and Deruytter [5]F/438 yearsHeadache, seizures, SAHSCER ANNoReceived previously corticosteroids Cyclophosph.CraniectomyRecovered
Died: unknown cause
Itoh et al. [22]M/6525 years Headache, ataxiaMedulla oblongataNo///
Kizilkilic et al. [18](i) M/38
(ii) M/55
(i) 5 months after
(ii) /
(i) SAH, headache
(ii) Headache, SAH
(i) SCER AN
(ii) PICA
(i) Dissection pseudo an, tapered VA(i) Coil
(ii) Coil
(i) recovered
(ii) recovered
Kaku et al. [9]F/191 monthHeadache, seizures, SAH, paresisBilateral MCANoCorticosteroidsSurgeryRecovered
Aktaş et al. [3]M/384 yearsHeadache, SAHTrunk of basilar arteryNoNoNoDied
Bahar et al. [23]M/364 years SAHICSMA ANCorticosteroids (4 years before)CoilRecovered
Agrawal et al. [13]F/366 yearsSAHICNoCorticosteroidsEndovascular TRTRecovered
Senel et al. [14]M/45/SAHPCANoNoSpontaneously thrombosedRecovered
Okutucu et al. [24]M/340HeadacheMCACoronary artery ANCorticosteroids
Cyclophosph.
INF
CoilRecovered
Our caseM/440HemiplegiaMultiple and bilateral cerebral arteriesNoCorticosteroids
Azathioprine
NoRecovered

MCA: middle cerebral artery, ACA: anterior cerebral artery, PCA: posterior cerebral artery, AN: aneurysm, IC: internal carotid, CS: cerebral stroke, CD: consciousness disturbance, SAH: subarachnoid haemorrhage, ACom: anterior communicating artery, AVM: arteriovenous malformation, SCER AN: superior cerebellar artery aneurysm, AChorA: anterior choroidal artery, PCom: posterior communicating artery, PICA: posterior inferior cerebral artery, VA: vertebral artery, SMA: superior mesenteric artery.