Ehtesham Khalid, Aflak Rasheed, Nabila Khalid, Safoora Aamir, Tafazzul H Mahmud, Zafar Iqbal.
Extensive Gastrointestinal Involvement in Behcet\'s Syndrome - A Case Report.
Proceeding Shaikh Zayed Postgrad Med Comp Jan ;21(2):95-7.

Behcet`s syndrome is a relatively rare entity, originally characterized by a diagnostic triad of oral and genital ulceration with ocular abnormalities. Since the syndrome was described in 1937 by Bchcet, a Turkish dermatologist, many papers have described multisystemic involvement in the disease. Recognized clinical features include arthritis, arterial thrombosis, encephalitis, cardiomyopathy, erythema nodosum, amyloidosis, g!omerulonephritis, and pneumonitis. We report here a case of Behcet's syndrome in 29 year old male presenting with orogenita\ as well as colonic ulcers.

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