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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Edwin C. Cadman, MD; W. Bruce Lundberg, MD; Malcolm S. Mitchell, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1976;136(8):944-947.

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Behçet syndrome, although initially described as and subsequently thought to be a local vasculitis involving the oral and genital mucosa and eyes,¹ can, in fact, be a systemic disease involving many other organs.² Pulmonary manifestations in association with Behçet syndrome are rare. The following case report and review of the literature focus on this unusual manifestation.

PATIENT SUMMARY

Three years prior to her most recent hospital admission, a 22-year-old woman developed arthralgias, conjunctivitis, ulcers in the mouth and vagina, and petechial lesions on the lower extremities. There had been no fever, chills, sweats, weight loss, Raynaud phenomenon, cough, or hemoptysis. She had been healthy previously and took no medication.

With the exception of a hematocrit reading of 29%, hematologic, renal, and liver function were normal. The latex fixation test for rheumatoid factor, VDRL test for syphilis, rapid slide test for infectious mononucleosis, and lupus erythematosus test were all . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 30, 1975; accepted Jan 14, 1976.

Reprint requests to Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510 (Dr Cadman).

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