Dermatologic manifestation of Behçet's disease

Yonsei Med J. 1997 Dec;38(6):380-9. doi: 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.6.380.

Abstract

Dermatologic lesions in Behçet's disease are regarded as important manifestation for diagnosis. Various kinds of cutaneous lesions appear in patients with Behçet's disease. They present as erythema nodosum-like lesion, papulopustular eruption, erythema multiforme-like lesion, thrombophlebitis, skin ulcer, Sweet's syndrome-like lesion, bullous necrotizing vasculitis, and pyoderma gangrenosum. The hyperreactivity of the skin to any intracutaneous injection or needle prick, which is known as pathergy, is one clinically-unique feature of the disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Skin / pathology*