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Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology 5/2018

01-10-2018 | Case Report

A case of Behçet’s disease with various gastrointestinal findings

Authors: Kentaro Tominaga, Kenya Kamimura, Kazuya Takahashi, Junji Yokoyama, Shuji Terai

Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 5/2018

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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
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Metadata
Title
A case of Behçet’s disease with various gastrointestinal findings
Authors
Kentaro Tominaga
Kenya Kamimura
Kazuya Takahashi
Junji Yokoyama
Shuji Terai
Publication date
01-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 1865-7257
Electronic ISSN: 1865-7265
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-018-0860-6

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