title: Therapeutic effect of intraarterial prednisolone injection in severe intestinal Behçet's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Yoshimune
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiratori
authors.forename: Mori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enya
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukutomi
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hisataka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone