Bechet’s Disease: a case report and literature review
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Vol. 4 No. 6 (2020)Artículos

Vol. 4 No. 6 (2020)

Bechet’s Disease: a case report and literature review

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Keywords

Behcet Disease
oral ulcers
systemic vasculitis

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Zúñiga Villegas, A., Kriebel Haehner, M., Morún Calvo, D., & Monge Luna, L. D. (2020). Bechet’s Disease: a case report and literature review. Revista Ciencia Y Salud, 4(6), Pág. 70–74. https://doi.org/10.34192/cienciaysalud.v4i6.227

Abstract

Behcet's disease is a pathology with multiple affectations one of its main ones being oral and genital ulcers. Its origin is unknown but it is believed to have a genetic association. In this article  we report a clinical case of a 29-year-old female patient diagnosed in her teens with major diagnostic criteria such as recurrent oral and genital ulcers as well as minor positive criteria for Behcet’s disease. The patient has been treated with multiple drugs both topical and systemic to improve her quality of life. Although Behcet's disease is extremely rare, it is important to keep this diagnosis in mind in patients with recurrent oral ulcers mainly to improve the quality of life of them, since without adequate treatment the clinical manifestations of this disease can become quite severe.

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