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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Behcet_Disease_1_050918 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | BEHCET SYNDROME / APHTHOUS ULCER | Category: | ulcer | ||
| Body Site: | mouth / lip | Age: | 26 years | ||
| Contributor: | Nadir Goksugur, MD | ||||
| Description: | well demarcated irregularly shaped ulcer with white base | ||||
| Comments: | This 26-year-old man with a diagnosis of Behcet disease for 5 years developed a painful aphthous ulcer. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Behcet_s_Disease_1_040920 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | VASCULITIS, LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC / BEHCET SYNDROME / ULCER / APHTHOUS ULCER | Category: | vasculopathy / cutaneous sign of systemic disease / ulcer | ||
| Body Site: | scrotum / groin | Age: | 23 years | ||
| Contributor: | Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg) | ||||
| Description: | This 23-year-old man complained of intermittent fevers and multiple painful ulcers on the scrotum and palate for 3 months. He had a history of painful nodular lesions of both shins which healed with scars. He had normal vision and a normal eye examination. He developed putsules at the sites of needle sticks consistent with pathergy. A biopsy of a scrotal ulcer showed granulomatous vasculitis of superficial arterioles suggestive of Bechets disease. The lesions improved in several weeks with colchicine 25 mg twice a day. | ||||
| Comments: | This 23-year-old man complained of intermittent fevers and multiple painful ulcers on the scrotum and palate for 3 months. He had a history of painful nodular lesions of both shins which healed with scars. He had normal vision and a normal eye examination. He developed putsules at the sites of needle sticks consistent with pathergy. A biopsy of a scrotal ulcer showed granulomatous vasculitis of superficial arterioles suggestive of Bechets disease. The lesions improved in several weeks with colchicine 25 mg twice a day. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Behcet_1_020205 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | APHTHOUS ULCER / BEHCET SYNDROME | Category: | collagen vascular disease | ||
| Body Site: | genital / thigh scrotum | Age: | 31 years | ||
| Contributor: | Mohamed Denguezli, MD | ||||
| Description: | 1.5 cm round ulcer and healed hypopigmented fibrotic scars | ||||
| Comments: | A 31 year old man with Behcet syndrome developed recurrent ulcers in the genital area. Note the old hypopigmented fibrotic scars on the scrotum and groin crease above the punched out ulcer with a red border and exudate covering the center. | ||||
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