Pediatric onset of Behçet's syndrome with myositis: case report and literature review illustrating unusual features.
We report a case of Behçet's syndrome with myositis in a pediatric patient, emphasizing the importance of muscle involvement in the differential diagnosis of calf pain and swelling in Behçet's syndrome. A review of the English-language literature from 1965 to the present suggests that the clinical picture of Behçet's syndrome in children differs from that in adults, in that there is a lower frequency of ocular disease, and unusual manifestations appear to be more common.
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Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laxer
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Thorner
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Greenberg
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Silverman
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D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology