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. 2018 Aug 24;58(1):127–133. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1290-18

Table 3.

Treatment and Clinical Outcome of Data from Patients with Behçet’s Disease with Superior Mesenteric Artery Vasculitis.

No References Treatment Outcome
1 12 Prednisolone NR
2 13 Prednisolone
Laparotomy
Symptoms worsened with prednisolone monotherapy, and continued laparotomy was successfully performed.
3 14 NR NR
4 15 Prednisolone and antiplatelet agents Corticosteroid and antiplatelet treatment was successful.
5 16 Laparotomy Laparotomy was successfully performed. 3 year after surgical intervention, the preserved parts of the SMA were radiologically normal.
6 17 Laparotomy
Prednisolone and antiplatelet agents
Laparotomy was successfully performed, and corticosteroid and antiplatelet were prescribed. The patient was in good health at 1 year follow up.
7 18 Prednisolone Prednisolone treatment was successfully performed.
8 19 TCAE Endovascular treatment was successfully performed.
9 20 Bypass surgery The bypass graft between the SMA and right iliac artery was successfully performed. After 2 years, the aneurysm of intracranial internal carotid artery was diagnosed and endovascular embolization was successfully performed.
10 21 Bypass surgery The aneurysm of SMA was resection and bypass surgery through left radial artery was successful. After 4 years, the size of aneurysm of thoracic and abdominal increased, and stent graft treatment was successfully performed.
11 22 NR NR
12 23 Laparotomy
Prednisolone
Laparotomy was performed successfully, and corticosteroid was prescribed. The patient was in good health at six months follow up.
13 24 Laparotomy and anti-inflammatory medications (Prednisolone, Tripterygium wilfordii and thalidomide) The patient was in good health at eight months follow up.
14 25 Laparotomy Laparotomy was successfully performed.
15 26 NR NR

NR: not reported, TCAE: transcatheter arterial embolization, SMA: superior mesenteric artery