Acute pancreatitis revealing Behçet disease

We report here a case of acute pancreatitis revealing Behcet's disease in an 18-year-old woman. Pancreatitis was due to ischemia secondary to severe abnormalities of the celiac trunk arteries with pseudo-aneurysms. The outcome was favourable after the administration of corticosteroids and cyclo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gastroentérologie clinique et biologique 2005-03, Vol.29 (3), p.294
Hauptverfasser:	Ben Yaghlène, Lamia, Hammel, Pascal, Palazzo, Laurent, Belmatoug, Nadia, Pauwels, Arnaud, Troalen, Karine, O'Toole, Dermot, Lévy, Philippe, Ruszniewski, Philippe
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Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adolescent Aneurysm, False - complications Behcet Syndrome - diagnosis Behcet Syndrome - therapy Celiac Artery Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use Female Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Ischemia - complications Pancreas - blood supply Pancreatitis - complications Pancreatitis - therapy Parenteral Nutrition Prednisolone - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	We report here a case of acute pancreatitis revealing Behcet's disease in an 18-year-old woman. Pancreatitis was due to ischemia secondary to severe abnormalities of the celiac trunk arteries with pseudo-aneurysms. The outcome was favourable after the administration of corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide. The patient did not experience relapse of pancreatitis 2 years after diagnosis.
ISSN:	0399-8320
DOI:	10.1016/S0399-8320(05)80765-1