Preface

Chapter 9 **Vascular Manifestations of Behçet's Disease 149**

Chapter 10 **Surgical Treatment of Angio‐Behçet 191**

**VI** Contents

Orhan Saim Demirtürk, Hüseyin Ali Tünel and Utku Alemdaroğlu

Genadi Georgiev Genadiev, Lorenzo Mortola, Roberta Arzedi, Giuseppe Deiana, Francesco Spanu and Stefano Camparini

> Vasculitis is a specific pattern of inflammation of the blood vessels and can affect small, me‐ dium-sized, or large vessels of arterial and/or venous systems. Different types of vasculitis affect vessels of different sizes. Behçet's disease is a unique vasculitis in that vessels in all sizes are involved and can cause damage to both arteries and veins. It can manifest itself in a wide symptom spectrum in almost all organs and systems, so it concerns all areas of medi‐ cine. We aim to present information to our colleagues in different branches of medicine by discussing the various aspects of Behçet's disease in the ten chapters in this book:


We believe that this book will be a valuable reference to students, researchers, dermatolo‐ gists, and other healthcare professionals interested in Behçet's disease. I am very happy and honored to be the editor of a book about Behçet's disease defined by a Turkish dermatolo‐ gist Hulusi Behçet Uz. Also, I am very grateful to all the authors for their strong effort and patience needed to bring out this book. In addition, I thank the assistance of Mr. Edi Lipović, whose guidance and encouragement were truly invaluable.

> **Muzeyyen Gonul, MD, Associate Professor,** Health Science University, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital Dermatology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey

> > **Dr. Selda Pelin Kartal,**

Department of Dermatology, Dişkapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

**General Description of Behçet's Disease**
