Familial Behcet's Disease
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There are very few reports of Behetaet's disease from India. Familial aggregation of Behetaet's disease has been reported with restricted geographical distribution. We report here familial Behcet's disease from India in two brothers aged 30 and 32 years. Both patients had recurrent oral and genital ulcers for approximately five years. They also had arthralgias on and off along with fever. Pathergy test was positive in both cases. Their younger brother and a sister had recurrent oral aphthous ulcers.
Behcet disease - A nonvenereal cause of genital ulceration.
Marfatia Y, Patel H, Mahajan R, Ninama K Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2021; 41(2):198-201.
PMID: 33817595 PMC: 8000676. DOI: 10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_24_20.
Coexistence of familial Mediterranean fever and Behçet's disease: a case report.
Guler T, Garip Y, Dortbas F, Karci A, Cifci N Turk J Phys Med Rehabil. 2019; 63(2):174-177.
PMID: 31453447 PMC: 6648120. DOI: 10.5606/tftrd.2017.72681.
Dortbas F, Garip Y, Guler T, Karci A Arch Rheumatol. 2018; 31(1):87-90.
PMID: 29900978 PMC: 5827872. DOI: 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2016.5671.
Knitting the Threads of Silk through Time: Behçet's Disease-Past, Present, and Future.
Adeeb F, Stack A, Fraser A Int J Rheumatol. 2017; 2017:2160610.
PMID: 29081805 PMC: 5610876. DOI: 10.1155/2017/2160610.