Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease

Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease

Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare benign disorder that has a wide range of clinical presentations and variable endoscopic fi ndings which makes it diffi cult to diagnose and treat. The clinical and endoscopic picture in this condition can also mimic malign ulceration, malignancy or Crohn’s di...

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Main Authors: C. Bes, Ü. Dağlı, F. Yılmaz, M. Soy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-09-01
Series:Reumatismo
Subjects:
Solitary rectal ulcer
gastrointestinal bleeding
Behçet’s disease.
Online Access:http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/819
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spelling doaj-16ea22fb9cb6408caf907e201a2618732020-11-25T00:21:37ZengPAGEPress PublicationsReumatismo0048-74492240-26832015-09-01672828410.4081/reumatismo.2015.819681Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s diseaseC. Bes0Ü. Dağlı1F. Yılmaz2M. Soy3Department of Rheumatology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research HospitalDepartment of Gastroenterology, Başkent UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Abant Izzet Baysal UniversityDepartment of Rheumatology, Hisar Intercontinental HospitalSolitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare benign disorder that has a wide range of clinical presentations and variable endoscopic fi ndings which makes it diffi cult to diagnose and treat. The clinical and endoscopic picture in this condition can also mimic malign ulceration, malignancy or Crohn’s disease. Behçet’s disease can affect the gastrointestinal tract. However to the best of our knowledge, no case with solitary rectal ulceration has been reported so far in literature. We herein present a patient diagnosed with Behçet’s disease admitted to our clinic with rectal bleeding due to solitary rectal ulceration.http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/819Solitary rectal ulcergastrointestinal bleedingBehçet’s disease.
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author C. Bes
Ü. Dağlı
F. Yılmaz
M. Soy
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Ü. Dağlı
F. Yılmaz
M. Soy
Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
Reumatismo
Solitary rectal ulcer
gastrointestinal bleeding
Behçet’s disease.
author_facet C. Bes
Ü. Dağlı
F. Yılmaz
M. Soy
author_sort C. Bes
title Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
title_short Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
title_full Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
title_fullStr Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
title_full_unstemmed Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with Behçet’s disease
title_sort massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with solitary rectal ulcer in a patient with behçet’s disease
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Reumatismo
issn 0048-7449
2240-2683
publishDate 2015-09-01
description Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare benign disorder that has a wide range of clinical presentations and variable endoscopic fi ndings which makes it diffi cult to diagnose and treat. The clinical and endoscopic picture in this condition can also mimic malign ulceration, malignancy or Crohn’s disease. Behçet’s disease can affect the gastrointestinal tract. However to the best of our knowledge, no case with solitary rectal ulceration has been reported so far in literature. We herein present a patient diagnosed with Behçet’s disease admitted to our clinic with rectal bleeding due to solitary rectal ulceration.
topic Solitary rectal ulcer
gastrointestinal bleeding
Behçet’s disease.
url http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/819
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