Behçet disease

Oral cavity
Inflammatory (noninfectious) lesions
Behçet disease

Topic Completed: 1 February 2013

Revised: 31 January 2019

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Definition / general | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) description

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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