title: Tonsillectomy to Effectively Treat a Patient with Behçet's Disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease (BD) is a polysymptomatic and recurrent systemic vasculitis with a chronic course and unknown cause. We herein report a 27-year-old woman who had suffered from a recurrent fever and tonsillitis for nearly ten years with BD for who tonsillectomy was effective.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nanke
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobasigawa
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotake
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone