Advances in Management of Intestinal Behcet's Disease: A Perspective From Gastroenterologists.

ABSTRACT: Intestinal Behçet's disease (intestinal BD) is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of the intestine that is characterized by recurrent intestinal manifestations with other systemic features of BD. Intestinal BD is diagnosed when a typically shaped ulcer is observed in the gastrointestinal tract, and the clinical findings meet the diagnostic criteria for BD. Owing to the small number of patients, intestinal BD is easily underestimated. On the other hand, but it often requires surgical treatment because of severe complications, including intestinal perforations or massive bleeding. The same treatment strategies used for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are used for intestinal BD. 5-Aminosalicylic acids, corticosteroids, and immunomodulators are co

SUBMITTER: Cheon JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324954 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature