Open AccessColonic perforation in Behçet’s syndrome
Author(s) -
Catherine Dowling,
Arnold D. Hill,
Carmel Malone,
John J. Sheehan,
Shona Tormey,
Kieran Sheahan,
Edel 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.