Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	847
Country	Japan

Received	2012-10-18 16:15
Peer-Review Started	2012-10-19 09:07
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	Behçet’s disease complicated by multiple aseptic abscesses of the liver and spleen
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Keisuke Maeshima, Koji Ishii, Megumi Inoue, Katsuro Himeno and Masataka Seike
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Corresponding Author	Koji Ishii, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine I, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan. kois@oita-u.ac.jp
Key Words	Behçet’s disease; Aseptic abscess; Spleen; Liver; Prednisone
Core Tip	We report a Japanese male diagnosed with an incomplete type of Beh?et’s disease who developed multiple aseptic abscesses of the spleen and liver. Spleen abscesses developed with paroxysmal oral aphthous ulcers and erythema nodosum. A splenectomy was performed, and severe neutrophil infiltration was observed without evidence of bacterial or fungal growth. Multiple liver abscesses also developed with right hypochondrial pain and seemed to be attributed to Beh?et’s disease because the abscesses yielded negative results during a microbiologic investigation. Oral prednisone (15 mg/d) was started, and the abscesses dramatically disappeared. Clinicians should be aware of the existence of aseptic abscesses as uncommon manifestations of Beh?et’s disease.
Publish Date	2013-05-28 09:36
Citation	Maeshima K, Ishii K, Inoue M, Himeno K, Seike M. Behçet’s disease complicated by multiple aseptic abscesses of the liver and spleen. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(20): 3165-3168
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i20/3165.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i20.3165

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