[Acute pancreatitis revealing Behçet disease]

Lamia Ben Yaghlène; Pascal Hammel; Laurent Palazzo; Nadia Belmatoug; Arnaud Pauwels; Karine Troalen; Dermot O'Toole; Philippe Lévy; Philippe Ruszniewski

doi:10.1016/s0399-8320(05)80765-1

[Acute pancreatitis revealing Behçet disease]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2005 Mar;29(3):294-6. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(05)80765-1.

[Article in French]

Authors

Lamia Ben Yaghlène¹, Pascal Hammel, Laurent Palazzo, Nadia Belmatoug, Arnaud Pauwels, Karine Troalen, Dermot O'Toole, Philippe Lévy, Philippe Ruszniewski

Affiliation

¹ Fédération Médico-Chirurgicale d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Beaujon (AP-HP), 92118 Clichy Cedex.

PMID: 15864182
DOI: 10.1016/s0399-8320(05)80765-1

Abstract

We report here a case of acute pancreatitis revealing Behcet's disease in an 18-year-old woman. Pancreatitis was due to ischemia secondary to severe abnormalities of the celiac trunk arteries with pseudo-aneurysms. The outcome was favourable after the administration of corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide. The patient did not experience relapse of pancreatitis 2 years after diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Aneurysm, False / complications
Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
Behcet Syndrome / therapy
Celiac Artery
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Ischemia / complications
Pancreas / blood supply
Pancreatitis / complications*
Pancreatitis / therapy
Parenteral Nutrition
Prednisolone / therapeutic use

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Immunosuppressive Agents
Cyclophosphamide
Prednisolone