Manifestation of Behcet's disease in the digestive tract.
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.
Zhang
L
L
Department of Gastroenterology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhao
G
G
Dai
X
X
Duan
J
J
Dou
Y
Y
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