title: A Behçet-like disease presenting as ulcerative stomatitis and scarring pustular lesions of the face.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a complex multisystem disease of unknown origin. It presents clinically as oral, pharyngeal, and genital ulcerations, uveitis, and inflammatory papulopustules. Diagnosis is made clinically since laboratory and histologic observations are not specific. We present a patient who, despite the absence of eye and genital lesions, seems best viewed as having Behçet's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Freimer
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Shelley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology