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Cite this page: Thakral C Behçet disease. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavitybehcet.html. Accessed March 25th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Rare, immune mediated systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems
- Most common in Middle East and Japan
- Primarily a clinical diagnosis; affects skin, oral mucosa and eyes with triple symptom complex of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis
- May involve visceral organs
- May be fatal due to ruptured aneurysms or neurological manifestations
Clinical images
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Oral ulcers
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
