Behçet's disease: an account of three cases

J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2012 Sep;10(22):250-3.

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory condition affecting multiple organ-systems of the body. Patient's with this disease present to different specialists with wide spectrum of clinical features of varying severity. Worldwide, this disease is clustered around certain parts of Asia, previously known as 'Silk route'. Here we present three cases of Behçet's disease who presented to our clinic with ocular, dermatological, and articular manifestations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications
  • Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / etiology
  • Genital Diseases, Male / etiology
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / etiology
  • Male
  • Mouth Diseases / etiology
  • Nepal