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Intestinal Behcet's disease in a 38-year-old woman was diagnosed because of the history of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, erythema nodosum-like eruptions, genital ulcer, and endoscopic findings of esophageal and ileocolonic punched-out ulcers with colonic longitudinal ulcers. Esophageal lesions and colonic longitudinal ulcers are rarely seen in intestinal Behcet's disease. The ulcers of esophagus and ileocolon healed with 3 wk of treatment with prednisolone and mesalazine without any adverse effect. Mesalazine may decrease the total dose of prednisolone required to treat the disease.

These findings demonstrated the significant gastric-mucosa-protecting effect of PPI by increasing the PGE(2) production and reducing the LTB(4) production.

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Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG)was detected by CT in a 64-year-old womanwho suddenly complained of lower abdominal pain. However, the abdominal symptoms disappeared rapidly, and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy indicated only terminal ileitis. Conservative treatment alone was performed, and HPVGcompletely disappeared approximately 18 hours later. The use of CTproved to be useful for following the course of HPVG. (Internal Medicine 41: 950-952, 2002)