Inflammatory pseudotumor of the terminal ileum mimicking malignancy in a patient with Behçet's disease. CT and pathological findings.
Behçet's disease is an idiopathic, recurrent multisystem syndrome characterized by oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and ocular inflammation. Small bowel involvement may occur in 1% of patients with aphthous ulceration which may mimic Crohn's disease. We report a case of a patient with Behçet's disease with small bowel pathology which simulated a mass and at surgery was an inflammatory pseudotumor. Inflammatory pseudotumors can be mistaken for a malignancy as was the case in this patient.
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Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science.
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D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed