title: [Recurring oral aphthae, genital ulcers, erythema nodosum, arthralgias].
abstract: A 37-year-old Turkish patient suffered from recurrent oral aphthosis, genital ulcers, skin lesions and inflammatory eye disease. Because of typical history, physical findings and absence of laboratory abnormalities Morbus Behçet was diagnosed. Under treatment with prednisone and azathioprine his symptoms disappeared and there was no recurrence of Behçet disease for three months.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: von Kempski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Rezidivierende orale Aphthen, genitale Ulzera, Erythema nodosum, Arthralgien.