Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences?
Behçet syndrome (BS) is a variable vessel vasculitis that has pleiotropic manifestations. A 43-year-old male with a previous diagnosis of Crohn’s disease (CD) presented with deep venous thrombosis and bilateral superficial femoral artery aneurysms. A diagnosis of BS was made, and the patient was tre...
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| author | Bernardo Baptista Natália Marto João Galaz Tavares Alexandra Bayão Horta Diogo Cunha Sá Gonçalo Gerardo Manuela Mafra |
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| description | Behçet syndrome (BS) is a variable vessel vasculitis that has pleiotropic manifestations. A 43-year-old male with a previous diagnosis of Crohn’s disease (CD) presented with deep venous thrombosis and bilateral superficial femoral artery aneurysms. A diagnosis of BS was made, and the patient was treated aggressively with immunosuppressive therapy and bilateral bypass surgery, attaining a favourable outcome. CD has many features that overlap with BS, and it may be challenging to distinguish between these two conditions, as our case illustrates. Nonetheless, the combination of venous thrombosis and arterial aneurysms should point the clinician towards a diagnosis of BS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0334e73af97b4573ba8dae871b6301062022-12-22T01:39:58ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-03-0110.12890/2019_0010441044Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences?Bernardo Baptista0Natália Marto1João Galaz Tavares2Alexandra Bayão Horta3Diogo Cunha Sá4Gonçalo Gerardo5Manuela Mafra6Internal Medicine Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugalascular Surgery Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalPathology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalPathology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, PortugalBehçet syndrome (BS) is a variable vessel vasculitis that has pleiotropic manifestations. A 43-year-old male with a previous diagnosis of Crohn’s disease (CD) presented with deep venous thrombosis and bilateral superficial femoral artery aneurysms. A diagnosis of BS was made, and the patient was treated aggressively with immunosuppressive therapy and bilateral bypass surgery, attaining a favourable outcome. CD has many features that overlap with BS, and it may be challenging to distinguish between these two conditions, as our case illustrates. Nonetheless, the combination of venous thrombosis and arterial aneurysms should point the clinician towards a diagnosis of BS.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1044Behçet syndrometerminal ileitisdeep venous thrombosisaneurysmCrohn’s disease |
| spellingShingle | Bernardo Baptista Natália Marto João Galaz Tavares Alexandra Bayão Horta Diogo Cunha Sá Gonçalo Gerardo Manuela Mafra Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine Behçet syndrome terminal ileitis deep venous thrombosis aneurysm Crohn’s disease |
| title | Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? |
| title_full | Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? |
| title_fullStr | Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? |
| title_short | Behçet syndrome and Crohn’s disease – what are the differences? |
| title_sort | behcet syndrome and crohn s disease what are the differences |
| topic | Behçet syndrome terminal ileitis deep venous thrombosis aneurysm Crohn’s disease |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1044 |
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