Efficacy of Adalimumab in a Girl with Refractory Intestinal Behcet’s Disease

Figure 4

Clinical course of the patient. Corticosteroid pulse therapy with methylprednisolone was administered to the patient. After two courses of corticosteroid pulse therapy, the symptoms and blood test results showed improvement. The abdominal pain relapsed while tapering the dose of corticosteroid. The patient was begun on adalimumab at a dose of 160 mg in week 0, 80 mg in week 2, and 40 mg every other week thereafter. The clinical manifestations of Behcet’s disease resolved soon after the initiation of adalimumab.