Tonsillectomy to Effectively Treat a Patient with Behçet's Disease

Intern Med. 2016;55(5):515-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5209. Epub 2016 Mar 1.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications
  • Behcet Syndrome / immunology
  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Tonsillectomy*
  • Tonsillitis / etiology
  • Tonsillitis / immunology
  • Tonsillitis / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Methylprednisolone