ABSTRACT
Behçet’s syndrome (BS) or Behcet’s disease (BD) is a chronic multisystem disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized mainly by recurrent mucocutaneous, articular, neurological, gastrointestinal, and ophthalmological lesions. A 20-year-old unmarried, Hindu, male patient presented with a history of recurrent oral and genital ulcers, large joint infl ammatory oligoarthritis predominantly in right knee joint, folliculitis (dermatographia) on the legs, epididymitis, acneiform lesions over face, and panuveitis with associated constitutional symptoms. His Laboratory examinations were nonrevealing except for a moderate rise in erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. Th is patient meets, in 1990, the International Study Group criteria for BD/BS. Th e main clinical manifestations of this disease are discussed and its early recognition and treatment response is emphasized.
ABSTRACT
A patient with Behcet's syndrome in whom multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms were completely resolved after a combined treatment with corticosteroid and chlorambucil is reported.