Behçet's disease with intestinal perforation: A case report

Maricel Della Maggiora; Andrea Baños; Virginia Paolini; Dario Florio; Lorena Takashima; Pedro Aicardi

doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2016.03.010

Behçet's disease with intestinal perforation: A case report

Reumatol Clin. 2017 May-Jun;13(3):171-172. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.03.010. Epub 2016 Apr 30.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Maricel Della Maggiora¹, Andrea Baños², Virginia Paolini², Dario Florio², Lorena Takashima², Pedro Aicardi²

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Reumatología, APEsa, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: dmaricel@hotmail.com.
² Servicio de Reumatología, APEsa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 27141811
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.03.010

Abstract

A 34-year-old man with an 8-year history of outbreaks of oral and genital ulcers presented with high fever and skin lesions that had developed 21 days earlier, without abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed intestinal perforation requiring surgery. After treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine proved to be ineffective, it was switched to adalimumab.

Keywords: Adalimumab; Behçet's disease; Complicaciones intestinales; Enfermedad de Behçet; Intestinal complications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Behcet Syndrome / complications
Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis
Colonic Diseases / etiology*
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
Male