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Development and validation of novel diagnostic criteria for intestinal Behçet's disease in Korean patients with ileocolonic ulcers.

Authors
 Jae Hee Cheon  ;  Eun Soo Kim  ;  Sung Jae Shin  ;  Tae Il Kim  ;  Kang Moon Lee  ;  Sang Woo Kim  ;  Joo Sung Kim  ;  You Sun Kim  ;  Chang Hwan Choi  ;  Byong Duk Ye  ;  Suk-Kyun Yang  ;  Eun Hee Choi  ;  Won Ho Kim 
Citation
 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, Vol.104(10) : 2492-2499, 2009 
Journal Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
ISSN
 0002-9270 
Issue Date
2009
MeSH
Behcet Syndrome/diagnosis* ; Chi-Square Distribution ; Colonic Diseases/diagnosis ; Colonoscopy* ; Delphi Technique ; Female ; Humans ; Ileal Diseases/diagnosis ; Intestinal Diseases/diagnosis* ; Korea ; Male ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Probability ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ulcer/diagnosis*
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: It is difficult to diagnose intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) due to various extraintestinal manifestations emerging at different time points in the disease course and a lack of reliable diagnostic criteria. We conducted this study to develop and validate novel diagnostic criteria for intestinal BD.

METHODS: Experts from three universities generated the preliminary diagnostic criteria for intestinal BD, and a consensus was reached using a modified Delphi method with 13 gastroenterologists participating. To validate the criteria, we recruited 12,850 consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopic examinations between January 2000 and December 2006 at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

RESULTS: The novel diagnostic criteria were developed on the basis of two aspects: colonoscopic findings and extraintestinal manifestations. Of the 12,850 patients, 280 with ileocolonic ulcers were enrolled for validation. At the time of initial colonoscopic examinations, patients were categorized for BD status into 4 groups: definite (84 patients), probable (67), suspected (15), and nondiagnostic (114). At the end of the follow-up period (mean, 50.9+/-25.7 months), intestinal BD was confirmed in 145 patients (51.8%)-84 (100%) from the definite group, 49 (73.1%) from the probable group, 10 (66.7%) from the suspected group, and 2 (1.8%) from the nondiagnostic group. The overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the diagnosis probability of these criteria were 98.6, 83.0, 86.1, 98.2, and 91.1%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: These newly proposed, simple criteria might be useful in diagnosing intestinal BD, especially in patients with ileocolonic ulcers who do not fully satisfy the diagnostic criteria of systemic BD.
Full Text
http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v104/n10/full/ajg2009331a.html
DOI
10.1038/ajg.2009.331
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Won Ho(김원호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9972
Kim, Tae Il(김태일) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-890X
Cheon, Jae Hee(천재희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-8904
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/104782
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