Colon perforation and Budd-Chiari syndrome in Behçet's disease
Yılmaz Baş1, Güven Güney1, Pınar Uzbay1
1Department of Pathology, Hitit University, Faculty of Medicine, Çorum, Turkey.
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Behçet
Area of Science:
- Vascular inflammation
- Gastrointestinal complications
- Hepatic vein occlusion
Background:
- Behçet's disease is a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by vasculitis.
- Colon perforations and Budd-Chiari syndrome are severe, infrequent complications.
- Budd-Chiari syndrome involves hepatic vein or inferior vena cava occlusion.
Observation:
- A case of Behçet's disease with multiple colon perforations (transverse, descending, sigmoid) is presented.
- The patient also exhibited Budd-Chiari syndrome due to inferior vena cava thrombosis extending into hepatic veins.
- Literature review supports these rare but critical manifestations.
Findings:
- Colon perforation in Behçet's disease requires immediate surgical intervention.
- Budd-Chiari syndrome management targets the underlying cause.
- Behçet's disease with colon perforation has a poorer prognosis than Budd-Chiari syndrome alone.
Implications:
- Highlights the critical need for prompt diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatic complications in Behçet's disease.
- Emphasizes the complex, multisystemic nature of Behçet's disease and its impact on prognosis.
- Underscores the challenges in treating Behçet's disease due to its resistance to conventional therapies.
Background:
Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease involving multiple systems, with vasculitis being the most important pathological feature. Multiple colon perforations are thought to be secondary to vasculitis and they occur in patients with ulcers. These may be encountered within the entire colon but most commonly in the ileocecal region. Intestinal perforation and Budd-Chiari syndrome are infrequent in Behçet's disease, and are associated with high mortality and morbidity. Budd-Chiari syndrome results from occlusion of either hepatic veins or adjacent inferior vena cava, or both.
Case Report:
We report a patient with Behçet's disease having multiple perforations in the transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon. The patient also had Budd-Chiari syndrome due to inferior vena cava thrombosis extending into the right and middle hepatic vein. Our observations are presented with a review of the literature.
Conclusions:
In Behçet's disease, treatment of colon perforation necessitates urgent surgery, whereas management of Budd-Chiari syndrome is directed towards the underlying cause. Behçet's disease, as a chronic multisystemic disease with various forms of vasculitis, is resistant to medical and surgical treatment. Prognosis is worse in Behçet's disease with colon perforation than that in Budd-Chiari syndrome alone.
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