A 42-year-old Asian woman with a history of recurrent deep venous thrombosis presents with a pulsatile mass in the abdomen confirmed on ultrasound to be an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The following is/are true:
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c. Venous thrombosis is more common than arterial disease in these patients and the presence of an aneurysm portends a high mortality rate
d. Replacement of an aneurysm with a graft in Behcet’s disease is associated with recurrent aneurysms and thrombosis
Kawasaki disease is a disorder of infants and children with coronary aneurysms. Polyarteritis nodosa usually occurs in males and the inflammatory process involves small and medium-sized muscular arteries. Behcet’s disease is a vasculitis that produces venous thrombosis, and when arterial aneurysms are present, the mortality rate approaches 20%. Because of the fragility of the arteries, recurrent aneurysm formation is likely.
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