A Case of Behcet Disease with Intestinal Involvement in an Elderly Patient

Park, Jung Min; Lee, Chang Seog; Kim, Min Seong; Kim, Do Young; Kim, Chul Young; Lim, Young Bae; Kim, Kyung Yeob; Kim, Yun Jung; Seo, Ji Young; Lee, Yong Kyu

doi:2011.15.1.53

Ann Geriatr Med Res > Volume 15(1); 2011 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society 2011;15(1):53-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4235/jkgs.2011.15.1.53 Published online March 31, 2011.

A Case of Behcet Disease with Intestinal Involvement in an Elderly Patient

Jung Min Park, Chang Seog Lee, Min Seong Kim, Do Young Kim, Chul Young Kim, Young Bae Lim, Kyung Yeob Kim, Yun Jung Kim, Ji Young Seo, Yong Kyu Lee

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Good Gang-An hospital, Busan, Korea. lyk59@medimail.co.kr
²Department of Pathology, Good Gang-An hospital, Busan, Korea.

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박정민¹,이창석¹,김민성¹,김도영¹,김철영¹,임영배¹,김경엽¹,김윤정¹,서지영²,이용규¹

좋은강안병원 내과¹, 해부병리과²

Abstract

Behcet disease is a multisystemic disorder characterized by a chronic relapsing triple symptom complex of recurrent oral ulceration, genital ulceration, and ocular inflammation. The onset of Behcet disease is rare in old age as is whole colon involvement. We recently saw a 78-year-old female patient examined to have intestinal Behcet disease with diffuse colon ulcers. She was admitted due to multiple oral ulcers, genital ulcers, low abdominal pain, and hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed multiple well-demarcated, large, deep, bleeding ulcers from the cecum into the descending colon. The patient was diagnosed with Behcet disease and treated with steroid, colchicine, and mesalazine. This paper describes a case of Behcet disease with unusual intestinal distribution.

Key Words: Behcet disease, Old age, Colon