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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 472-473
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Abdominal aortic aneurysm with lumbar vertebral erosion in Behçet's disease revealed by low back pain: a case report and review of the literature

A. El Maghraoui, F. Tabache, A. El Khattabi, A. Bezza, A. Abouzahir, D. Ghafir, V. Ohayon and M. I. Archane

Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco

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SIR, Erosion of the lumbar vertebrae due to an abdominal aortic aneurysm is rare. It has been reported in only three cases, in two of which it was related to Behçet's disease (BD) [1–3].

We encountered recently the case of a 39-yr-old man who was admitted to our department for low back pain that had persisted for 4 months. He was known to have had BD since 1996. The diagnosis was based upon recurrent episodes of oral and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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