Behcet's Disease: The Darker side !

J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 May;64(5):93-94.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravenous
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications
  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology
  • Genital Diseases, Male / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisolone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ulcer / etiology
  • Uveitis / etiology

Substances

  • methyl prednisolonate
  • Prednisolone