Small intestine & ampulla
Inflammatory disorders
Behçet disease
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 August 2012
Last staff update: 24 July 2023
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PubMed Search: Behçet disease small bowel
Cite this page: Gulwani H. Behçet disease. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/smallbowelbehcet.html. Accessed April 20th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Rare immune mediated systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems (Wikipedia: Behçet Disease [Accessed 12 February 2018])
- GI involvement in 10% of cases, usually ileum and cecum
- Punched out ulcers that may perforate
- Perivascular inflammation, necrotizing and nonnecrotising lymphocytic vasculitis affecting small veins and venules is often present
- Also aphthous stomatitis, genital ulcers, relapsing iritis
Case reports
- 30 year old man with massive GI bleeding (Korean J Gastroenterol 2007;49:400)
Microscopic (histologic) images
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