Difference between revisions of "Behçet's syndrome"
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==Clinical== | ==General== | ||
*''[[Pathergy]]'' = minor trauma (to the skin) results in a non-healing lesion. | Etiology: | ||
*Unknown - hypothesized to be infectious due to the epidemiology.<ref name=pmid22100288/> | |||
===Clinical=== | |||
*''[[Pathergy]]''<ref name=pmid22100288>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hatemi | first1 = G. | last2 = Yazici | first2 = H. | title = Behçet's syndrome and micro-organisms. | journal = Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 389-406 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.berh.2011.05.002 | PMID = 22100288 }} | |||
</ref> = minor trauma (to the skin) results in a non-healing lesion. | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features - vasculitis:<ref name=pmid22100288/> | |||
*[[Fibrinoid necrosis]] of the vessel walls. | |||
*Inflammatory cells in the blood vessel walls. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Syndromes]] | [[Category:Syndromes]] | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 1 June 2012
Behçet's syndrome, also Behçet's disease, is a rare disorder classically described as the triad of:[1]
- Oral aphthous ulcers.
- Genital ulcers.
- Uveitis
General
Etiology:
- Unknown - hypothesized to be infectious due to the epidemiology.[2]
Clinical
Microscopic
Features - vasculitis:[2]
- Fibrinoid necrosis of the vessel walls.
- Inflammatory cells in the blood vessel walls.
References
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 109650
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hatemi, G.; Yazici, H. (Jun 2011). "Behçet's syndrome and micro-organisms.". Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 25 (3): 389-406. doi:10.1016/j.berh.2011.05.002. PMID 22100288.