title: Behcet's Disease: The Darker side !
abstract: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting blood vessels throughout the body mainly veins and clinically characterized by oro-genital aphthae ,ophthalmologic involvement ,cutaneous lesions ,articular, neurological involvement and less commonly by gastrointestinal manifestations which may have dreadful complications. Here we report a case of 58 year male with gastrointestinal complications of BD and a rapidly worsening course.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head.
authors.forename: Arundhati
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diwan
authors.affiliation: Professor.
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.affiliation: Resident.
authors.forename: Rutuja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sachdeo
authors.affiliation: Consultant Gastroentrologist, Dept. of Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: Lalit
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shimpi
mesh_terms: D061605:Administration, Intravenous; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: C025429:methyl prednisolonate; D011239:Prednisolone