title: Massive hemorrhage in a patient with intestinal Behçet's disease: report of a case.
abstract: Major gastrointestinal bleeding is a rare manifestation of intestinal Behçet's disease. We report herein the case of a 64-year-old man with intestinal Beh,et's disease complicated by myelodysplastic syndrome who suffered massive hemorrhage. Colonoscopy demonstrated ulceration of the entire colon from the cecum to the rectum, characterized by punched-out ulcers. Angiography demonstrated apparent extravasation of contrast material in the terminal ileum, and embolization was not successful. Continued and massive bleeding necessitated surgical resection of the involved segment of ileum; however, massive bleeding recurred. Re-endoscopy showed oozing hemorrhage from the multiple colon ulcerations. Intra-arterial prednisolone injection therapy was given, following which the melena gradually subsided and completely stopped within a few days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Kanazawa Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
authors.forename: Taiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ii
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takegawa
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dohba
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kishichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged