A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease
Isolated cecal necrosis is a rare form of acute ischemic colitis and a rare cause of surgical abdomen. Behçet’s disease is a multisystemic autoimmune condition which can induce vasculitis. This can result in cecal necrosis while disease involves colon vessels. We describe a patient with complicated...
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doaj-dd92153b8a78451bb65eeb63653477a52020-11-25T00:17:29ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/16937371693737A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s DiseaseEhsan Shahverdi0Mehdi Morshedi1Faraneh Oraei-Abbasian2Maryam Allahverdi Khani3Roya Khodayarnejad4Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research Center and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, IranDepartment of Surgery, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranMashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Medicine, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, IranTehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranIsolated cecal necrosis is a rare form of acute ischemic colitis and a rare cause of surgical abdomen. Behçet’s disease is a multisystemic autoimmune condition which can induce vasculitis. This can result in cecal necrosis while disease involves colon vessels. We describe a patient with complicated Behçet’s disease and ischemic colitis admitted to our hospital. Patient was a 62-year-old female with more accompanying diseases. Histopathologic findings confirmed the diagnosis of ischemic colitis and regarding patient’s vision problem and skin lesions, rheumatologic tests were performed which were positive for HLAB5 and HLAB51 suggestive of Behçet’s disease; the patient was improved with surgery. Abdominal pain can indicate a disease with vascular involvement like Behçet’s disease, especially in the presence of other clinical findings suggestive of the disease including blurred vision and skin lesions. An abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan is very diagnostic in the same patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1693737 |
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Ehsan Shahverdi Mehdi Morshedi Faraneh Oraei-Abbasian Maryam Allahverdi Khani Roya Khodayarnejad A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease Case Reports in Surgery |
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Ehsan Shahverdi Mehdi Morshedi Faraneh Oraei-Abbasian Maryam Allahverdi Khani Roya Khodayarnejad |
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A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease |
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A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease |
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A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease |
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A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease |
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A Rare Case of Vasculitis Patched Necrosis of Cecum due to Behçet’s Disease |
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rare case of vasculitis patched necrosis of cecum due to behçet’s disease |
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Case Reports in Surgery |
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Isolated cecal necrosis is a rare form of acute ischemic colitis and a rare cause of surgical abdomen. Behçet’s disease is a multisystemic autoimmune condition which can induce vasculitis. This can result in cecal necrosis while disease involves colon vessels. We describe a patient with complicated Behçet’s disease and ischemic colitis admitted to our hospital. Patient was a 62-year-old female with more accompanying diseases. Histopathologic findings confirmed the diagnosis of ischemic colitis and regarding patient’s vision problem and skin lesions, rheumatologic tests were performed which were positive for HLAB5 and HLAB51 suggestive of Behçet’s disease; the patient was improved with surgery. Abdominal pain can indicate a disease with vascular involvement like Behçet’s disease, especially in the presence of other clinical findings suggestive of the disease including blurred vision and skin lesions. An abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan is very diagnostic in the same patients. |
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