1993 Volume 43 Pages 130-133
A 36-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of oral ulcers, genital ulcers, arthritis, and fever in Oct 1993. Being diagnosed with incomplete Behçet's disease, she was treated with on prednisolone, 30mg po. She had no particular subjective symptoms, but endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract revealed multiple ulcers in the middle and lower esophagus. Biopsied specimens taken from lesions revealed granulation and infiltration by phlogocytes, yielding nonspecific inflammatory findings. On the 20th hospital day, the healing of ulcers was confirmed by endoscopy.
It is said that Behçet's disease is rarely complicated by esophageal lesions, but several cases have recently been reported. In our case endoscopic findings improved with steroid treatment. This appears to be an interesting case of esophageal lesions supervening on Behçet's disease.
