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A case of Behçet’s disease with various gastrointestinal findings

Authors :
Kenya Kamimura
Kazuya Takahashi
Junji Yokoyama
Shuji Terai
Kentaro Tominaga
Source :
Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 11:354-358
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disorder involving the oral and genital mucosa, skin, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, joints, vasculature, and nervous. The gastrointestinal lesions accompanying with BD can extend along the full length of the tract, from the mouth to the anus, and show various clinical characteristics which is difficult to be differentiate from the other inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Hence, the differential diagnosis is difficult and can affect treatment outcomes. We report here, a BD case showing varied gastrointestinal lesions and endoscopic findings. The information, endoscopic findings, differential diagnosis, and treatment approach in this case might help physicians to distinguish from other diseases and to manage similar cases.

Details

ISSN :
18657265 and 18657257
Volume :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....a7095bf17cb8a58a7aea8068d1008ee8
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-018-0860-6