title: [Vaginal ulcers in Behçet disease].
abstract: Incidence of Behçet disease in USA is 0.12 in 100,000; but in Mexico there are just two isolated cases. This paper reports a case of a 30 year-old female, who, when 26, had vaginal ulcers. She received antimicrobial therapy during four years. In March 2007 she came to author's hospital with a cervical vaginitis diagnose study, and presenting thorax with venous collateral circulation secondary to superior and inferior cava vein thrombosis. Colposcopy and vaginal wall biopsy were practiced and found chronic ulcer with vascular damage; oral ulcers were found too, and Pathergy test was positive. Currently there is no ocular damage. Patient received azathioprine therapy without improvement, later she received anticoagulant therapy with corticoids and has good evolution.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
authors.forename: Fernando Mendoza
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Calderón
authors.forename: Virgilio G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Valladares
authors.forename: Alberto M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ballesteros
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de la Merced Ayala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D014456:Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone