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The Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Esophageal Involvement in Patients with Behçet's Disease: A Single Center Experience in Korea
- Source :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2009.
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Abstract
- While a significant amount of clinical information has been reported concerning intestinal involvement in Behcet's disease (BD), esophageal involvement in BD has not yet been studied extensively. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of esophageal involvement in BD and its clinical characteristics. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 842 patients diagnosed with BD at a single tertiary institution in Korea between January 1990 and June 2006. Of the 842 patients with BD, 129 patients (15.3%) experienced upper gastrointestinal symptoms that required inspection through esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Esophageal involvement was found in 6 (4.7%) of the 129 patients. The activity index of Behcet's disease did not differ among patients with or without esophageal involvement. All patients with esophageal involvement responded well to medical treatment and no one experienced serious complications. The results of our study demonstrate that the prevalence of esophageal involvement in BD is very low and that most patients with such involvement face few complications and respond well to medical treatment.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Behcet's disease
Disease
Single Center
Esophageal Diseases
Gastroenterology
Medical Records
Esophageal Ulcer
Behçets Disease
Internal medicine
medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Child
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Korea
medicine.diagnostic_test
Esophageal disease
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
business.industry
Medical record
Behcet Syndrome
Retrospective cohort study
Endoscopy
General Medicine
Intestinal Behçet's Disease
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Child, Preschool
Original Article
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15986357 and 10118934
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3f5ab420e923ba4c90dd1798cd091d89