Colonic perforation in Behçet’s syndrome | Zendy

Catherine Dowling | Zendy; Arnold D. Hill | Zendy; Carmel Malone | Zendy; John J. Sheehan | Zendy; Shona Tormey | Zendy; Kieran Sheahan | Zendy; E. McDermott | Zendy; N. J. O’Higgins | Zendy

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Colonic perforation in Behçet’s syndrome

Author(s) -

Catherine Dowling,

Arnold D. Hill,

Carmel Malone,

John J. Sheehan,

Shona Tormey,

Kieran Sheahan,

E. McDermott,

N. J. O’Higgins

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

world journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 155

eISSN - 2219-2840

pISSN - 1007-9327

DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.6578

Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , perforation , diaphragm (acoustics) , complication , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , acute abdomen , differential diagnosis , abdomen , pathology , materials science , punching , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker , metallurgy

A 17-year-old gentleman was admitted to our hospital for headache, the differential diagnosis of which included Behcet's syndrome (BS). He developed an acute abdomen and was found to have air under the diaphragm on erect chest X-ray. Subsequent laparotomy revealed multiple perforations throughout the colon. This report describes an unusual complication of Behcets syndrome occurring at the time of presentation and a review of the current literature of reported cases.

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