title: Behcet's syndrome: an unusual cause of colonic ulceration and perforation.
abstract: Behcet's syndrome is a multisystem disease which may produce not only the original triad of relapsing iridocyclitis and recurrent oral and genital ulceration but also skin, central nervous system, joint and gastrointestinal disease. A fatal outcome is uncommon but may occur when the central nervous system or the gastrointestinal tract is involved. We present a patient with colonic ulceration progressing rapidly to free perforation and generalized peritonitis successfully treated by emergency resection.
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged