Pulmonary tuberculosis in Behçet's syndrome.
Pulmonary tuberculosis has rarely been recorded in patients with Behçet's syndrome, but to date no report has convincingly demonstrated any possible association between these two diseases. We describe three cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with Behcet's syndrome and discuss the possible underlying mechanisms.
Efthimiou
J
J
Osler Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
Hay
P E
PE
Spiro
S G
SG
Lane
D J
DJ
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology