title: Manifestation of Behcet's disease in the digestive tract.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the manifestations of Behcet's disease (BD) in the digestive tract and its differential diagnosis from common inflammatory bowel diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  The symptoms and endoscopic, X-ray's or surgical characteristics of 24 cases of Behcet's disease with digestive tract manifestations were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lesions mainly occurred in tileocecum, and frequently led to hemorrhage that required surgery. The recurrent rate was as high as 77.7%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Importance should be attached to early diagnosis of BD of the digestive tract to prevent serious complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dou
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014839:Vomiting / Q000175:diagnosis