Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Aneurysm / complications
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Aneurysm / drug therapy
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Aneurysm / pathology*
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Behcet Syndrome / complications
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Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
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Behcet Syndrome / pathology*
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Celiac Artery / diagnostic imaging
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Celiac Artery / pathology*
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
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Hematoma / complications
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Hematoma / drug therapy
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Hematoma / pathology*
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Humans
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Kidney / pathology*
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Kidney Diseases / drug therapy
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Kidney Diseases / pathology*
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Male
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Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
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Mesenteric Artery, Superior / pathology*
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Prednisolone / therapeutic use
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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Ultrasonography
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Young Adult
Substances
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Glucocorticoids
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Prednisolone