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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2014; 20(45): 17171-17178
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17171
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17171
Endoscopic findings of gastrointestinal involvement in Chinese patients with Behcet’s disease
Jun Zou, Yan Shen, Jian-Long Guan, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
Da-Nian Ji, Center of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
Song-Bai Zheng, Division of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
Author contributions: Zou J and Guan JL contributed equally to this work; Zou J, Zheng SB and Guan JL designed the research; Zou J, Shen Y and Ji DN performed the research; Zou J and Zheng SB analyzed the data; Zou J and Guan JL wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Jian-Long Guan, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, Chief, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, No. 221 West Yan’an Road, Shanghai 200040, China. guanjianlong@medmail.com.cn
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Received: August 17, 2014
Revised: September 19, 2014
Accepted: October 21, 2014
Published online: December 7, 2014
Revised: September 19, 2014
Accepted: October 21, 2014
Published online: December 7, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: This study reports the incidence and clinical features of gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in a total of 168 consecutive Chinese patients with Behcet’s disease (BD), of whom upper and lower GI endoscopies were performed in 148 patients. Controls were enrolled for comparison. Fifty-two (35.1%) patients had GI lesions. After a mean follow-up of 10 mo, ileocecal ulcers had been confirmed in 20 patients, but no ileocecal ulceration was found in controls. Four patients had esophageal ulcers in the BD group but no case in controls. The other endoscopic findings were similar between the two groups.