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A45-year-old man, with no prior pathologic antecedent was admitted to the internal medicine department for a 3weeks history of abdominal pain. This symptom occurred in the context of apyrexia and 4 kilogram weight loss. Abdominal examination was a painful abdomen, distended. The skin examination noted painful genital andoral ulcers with pustlar lesions in the back. Angio CT scan revealed an aneurysm of the right common iliac artery (
Laboratory tests found inflammatory. The infectious analysis (VDRL-TPHA, Mycobacteria) was negative. HLA-B51 was positive. The diagnosis of Behçet’s disease was made. The patient was treated surgically with a prosthetic iliac-femoral, cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone pulses relayed by oralprednisone 1 mg/kg/j.
Orogenital aphthosis, skin lesions and uveitis characterize Behçet’s disease (BD)
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