A 47-year-old man with long-standing Behçet's syndrome presented with an acute abdomen, and was found to have perforation of the sigmoid colon. Laparotomy revealed gangrenous changes in the sigmoid colon and perforation in the center of the affected segment. This is a very rare complication of Behçet's disease, and we report this case to stress the importance of performing careful abdominal examination while evaluating patients with Behçet's disease.
Mustafa Turan, Metin Sen, Ayhan Koyuncu, Cengiz Aydin, and Sema Arici.
Department of General Surgery, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, 58140 Sivas, Turkey.
Surg. Today. 2003 Jan 1; 33 (5): 383-6.
AbstractA 47-year-old man with long-standing Behçet's syndrome presented with an acute abdomen, and was found to have perforation of the sigmoid colon. Laparotomy revealed gangrenous changes in the sigmoid colon and perforation in the center of the affected segment. This is a very rare complication of Behçet's disease, and we report this case to stress the importance of performing careful abdominal examination while evaluating patients with Behçet's disease.