title: Inflammatory pseudotumor of the terminal ileum mimicking malignancy in a patient with Behçet's disease. CT and pathological findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Pretorius
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hruban
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: 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