title: Behçet's disease combined with various types of fistula.
abstract: Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, multisystem disorder, characterized by recurrent oral ulcer, genital ulcers, eye lesion, and skin lesion. The underlying pathology is nonspecific vasculitis of all vessel sizes, and severe vasculitis can result in fistula formation of neighboring tissues due to a necrotic process. Herein, eleven cases of BD combined with fistula are presented. In the present study, various types of fistula were associated; enterocutaneous fistula in six patients, and rectovaginal fistula in two. The other three patients showed aortoduodenal fistula, urethrovaginal fistula and urethrocutaneous fistula. They were treated with a corrective operation, but the prognoses were poor due to frequent relapses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun- gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Bon Cheol
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Goo
authors.forename: Ju Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dongsik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: Kwang Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun-So
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sungnack
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans