Mouth ulcers as a manifestation of Behçet s disease

Lázaro Sarduy Bermúdez; Margarita Hernández García; Magdiel Rodríguez Labrada

2018, Number 1

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Medicentro 2018; 22 (1)

Mouth ulcers as a manifestation of Behçet 's disease

Sarduy BL, Hernández GM, Rodríguez LM

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ABSTRACT

Behçet’s disease is a recurrent chronic systemic vasculitis characterized by oral and genital ulcers, uveitis and erythema nodosum. It occurs more frequently in the second and fourth decades of life, with a family history of 8-18 %. Although its cause is still unknown, it is believed that this disease is activated by environmental factors, like microbial agents, in individuals with a particular genetics. We report a 50-year-old patient who was diagnosed with Behçet’s disease based on a histopathological study of ulcerative mucosal lesions in several parts of the oral cavity.