Vascular disease in 728 patients with Behçet syndrome

	Number of patients
Venous disease
Deep venous thrombosis	221
Subcutaneous thrombophlebitis	205
SVC occlusion	122
IVC occlusion	93
Cerebral sinus thrombosis	30
Budd-Chiari syndrome	17
Other venous occlusion*	24
Arterial disease
Pulmonary artery occlusion or aneurysm	36
Aortic aneurysm	17
Extremity arterial occlusion or aneurysm	45
Other arterial occlusion or aneurysm^¶	42
Right ventricular thrombus	2

SVC: superior vena cava; IVC: inferior vena cava.
* Other veins included subclavian, iliac, portal, renal, innominate, brachiocephalic.
¶ Other arteries included iliac, subclavian, renal, carotid, cerebral, coronary, innominate, mesenteric, aorta, basilar, splenic.

Review of 728 cases from Koc, Y, Gullu, I, Akpek, G, et al. J Rheumatol 1992; 19:402.

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Vascular disease in 728 patients with Behçet syndrome