Prediction of the Clinical Course According to the Macroscopic Type by Colonoscopy in Behcet's Colitis.
- Author:
In Sung SONG
;
Chung Yong KIM
;
Hyun Chae JUNG
;
Dong Ho LEE
;
Kyu Wan CHOI
;
Seon Hee LIM
;
Sun Mi KIM
;
Dong Young PARK
;
Byung Kwan KIM
;
Woon Tae JUNG
;
Cheol Joo HAN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Behcet's colitis;
Volcano shape;
Geographic ulcer;
Aphthous ulcer
- MeSH:
Adult;
Barium;
Behcet Syndrome;
Christianity;
Colitis*;
Colonoscopy*;
Enema;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Retrospective Studies;
Stomatitis, Aphthous;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1996;16(1):30-39
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The intestinal lesion of Behcet's colitis shows aphthoid or punched-out ulceration. But these morphological characteristics are variable and the clinical course of Behcet's colitis is also diverse. There have been many case reports since 1962, but there is few study for clinical course or for morphological characteristics of intestinal lesion of Behcet's colitis. So we retrospectively investigated the clinical course of Behcet's colitis according to colonoscopic findings. Thirty-two patients with Behcet's colitis were investigated retrospectively from January 1984 to July l994. The patients who had at least two major stigmata of Behcet's syndrome with intestinal lesions were included, and whose colonoscopic films were available and whose follow-up studies were done. The studies used at their follow-up were colonoscopy and/or barium enema. In our study the patients ranged in age from 15 to 64 years old, with mean age of 37 years old; 28% were in 3rd decade. The mean follow-up period was 33 months.
