Therapeutic effect of intraarterial prednisolone injection in severe intestinal Behçet's disease.
A 64-year-old woman with severe intestinal Behçet's disease who was unresponsive to conventional therapies, including intensive intravenous steroid injections, underwent intraarterial steroid injection therapy. After the infusion of prednisolone into the mesenteric arteries, her colon ulcers improved markedly, and the frequency of bloody stools decreased immediately. The present case suggests that intraarterial steroid injection therapy may be potentially useful in severe intestinal Behçet's disease.
Toda
Katsuhisa
K
First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan.
Shiratori
Yoshimune
Y
Yasuda
Mori
M
Enya
Masamichi
M
Uematsu
Takahiro
T
Shimazaki
Makoto
M
Fukutomi
Yasushi
Y
Kato
Tomohiro
T
Moriwaki
Hisataka
H
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone