Vasculo-Behçet's disease with non-traumatic subcapsular hematoma of the kidney and aneurysmal dilatations of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.
We report a patient with vasculo-Behçet's disease treated successfully with a high dose of prednisolone. In 2002, the patient was diagnosed with vasculo-Behçet's disease. He was admitted to our hospital because of sudden-onset right lower back pain in June 2006. Upon admission, abdominal angiography revealed aneurysmal dilatations of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. He was treated promptly with high-dose prednisolone, after which the aneurysms displayed no further enlargement. As we believe this case to be quite rare, we report this case with a literature review in support of this characterization.
Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Kazuhiro
K
Yokota
Yuji
Y
Akiyama
Kojiro
K
Sato
Yasufumi
Y
Shindo
Yoshihiro
Y
Yoshida
Fumihiko
F
Miyoshi
Haruhiko
H
Akiba
Kyoichi
K
Nakajima
Yu
Y
Asanuma
Toshihide
T
Mimura
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone