Pulmonary tuberculosis in Behçet's syndrome

J Efthimiou; P E Hay; S G Spiro; D J Lane

doi:10.1016/0007-0971(88)90073-3

Pulmonary tuberculosis in Behçet's syndrome

Br J Dis Chest. 1988 Jul;82(3):300-4. doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(88)90073-3.

Authors

J Efthimiou¹, P E Hay, S G Spiro, D J Lane

Affiliation

¹ Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

PMID: 3248212
DOI: 10.1016/0007-0971(88)90073-3

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis has rarely been recorded in patients with Behçet's syndrome, but to date no report has convincingly demonstrated any possible association between these two diseases. We describe three cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with Behcet's syndrome and discuss the possible underlying mechanisms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Behcet Syndrome / complications*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology