Intestinal Behcet's Disease with Esophageal Ulcers and Colonic Longitudinal Ulcers

Overview

Journal World J Gastroenterol

Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2006 May 12

PMID 16688814

Citations 8

Authors

Soichiro Fujiwara

Ichiro Shimizu

Momoko Ishikawa

Kohzo Uehara

Hirofumi Yamamoto

Michiyo Okazaki

Takahiro Horie

Arata Iuchi

Susumu Ito

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Abstract

Intestinal Behcet's disease in a 38-year-old woman was diagnosed because of the history of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, erythema nodosum-like eruptions, genital ulcer, and endoscopic findings of esophageal and ileocolonic punched-out ulcers with colonic longitudinal ulcers. Esophageal lesions and colonic longitudinal ulcers are rarely seen in intestinal Behcet's disease. The ulcers of esophagus and ileocolon healed with 3 wk of treatment with prednisolone and mesalazine without any adverse effect. Mesalazine may decrease the total dose of prednisolone required to treat the disease.

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