Intestinal Behcet's disease with esophageal ulcers and colonic longitudinal ulcers.
Intestinal Behcet's disease in a 38-year-old woman was diagnosed because of the history of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, erythema nodosum-like eruptions, genital ulcer, and endoscopic findings of esophageal and ileocolonic punched-out ulcers with colonic longitudinal ulcers. Esophageal lesions and colonic longitudinal ulcers are rarely seen in intestinal Behcet's disease. The ulcers of esophagus and ileocolon healed with 3 wk of treatment with prednisolone and mesalazine without any adverse effect. Mesalazine may decrease the total dose of prednisolone required to treat the disease.
Fujiwara
Soichiro
S
Department of Internal Medicine, Miyoshi Prefectural Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
Shimizu
Ichiro
I
Ishikawa
Momoko
M
Uehara
Kohzo
K
Yamamoto
Hirofumi
H
Okazaki
Michiyo
M
Horie
Takahiro
T
Iuchi
Arata
A
Ito
Susumu
S