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Tocilizumab-induced mucosal injury in the terminal ileum mimicking intestinal Behçet's disease: A case report.

Sotaro OzakaMasahide FukudaHaruhiko TakahashiKoshiro TsutsumiMasao IwaoYuka HirashitaKensuke FukudaKazuhisa OkamotoMie ArakawaRyo OgawaMizuki EndoKazuhiro MizukamiNaganori KamiyamaTakashi KobayashiMasaaki KodamaKazunari Murakami
Published in: Medicine (2023)
Tocilizumab can cause deep ulcerative lesions in the terminal ileum, which may resemble intestinal Behçet's disease. It is important to continuously monitor abdominal symptoms during tocilizumab therapy and aggressively perform colonoscopy when hematochezia or abdominal pain is observed.
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