Vasculo-Behçet's disease with non-traumatic subcapsular hematoma of the kidney and aneurysmal dilatations of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries

• Published in: Modern rheumatology Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 615 - 618
• Main Authors: Yokota, Kazuhiro, Akiyama, Yuji, Sato, Kojiro, Shindo, Yasufumi, Yoshida, Yoshihiro, Miyoshi, Fumihiko, Akiba, Haruhiko, Nakajima, Kyoichi, Asanuma, Yu, Mimura, Toshihide
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Informa Healthcare 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Aneurysm - complications; Aneurysm - drug therapy; Aneurysm - pathology; Behcet Syndrome - complications; Behcet Syndrome - drug therapy; Behcet Syndrome - pathology; Celiac Artery - diagnostic imaging; Celiac Artery - pathology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Hematoma - complications; Hematoma - drug therapy; Hematoma - pathology; Humans; Kidney - pathology; Kidney Diseases - drug therapy; Kidney Diseases - pathology; Male; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - diagnostic imaging; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - pathology; Prednisolone - therapeutic use; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1439-7595; 1439-7609
• DOI: 10.3109/s10165-008-0091-7

Abstract We report a patient with vasculo-Behçet's disease treated successfully with a high dose of prednisolone. In 2002, the patient was diagnosed with vasculo-Behçet's disease. He was admitted to our hospital because of sudden-onset right lower back pain in June 2006. Upon admission, abdominal angiography revealed aneurysmal dilatations of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. He was treated promptly with high-dose prednisolone, after which the aneurysms displayed no further enlargement. As we believe this case to be quite rare, we report this case with a literature review in support of this characterization.