title: Radial artery occlusion, a rare presentation of Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-system inflammatory disorder which presents with recurrent orogenital ulceration, uveitis, and erythema nodosum. Medium vessel vasculitis of upper limb is extremely rare and it is only reported in patients with Behçet's disease on long follow up. Mean duration from diagnosis of disease to development of vasculitis is 5.8 years. We present a patient who presented with gangrene of fingers with absent radial pulse and during course of his illness he developed features of Behçet's disease. Diagnosis was established by clinical features and histopathology and patient was treated with steroids and colchicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
authors.forename: Chanchal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gera
authors.forename: Wesly
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jose
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Vinita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Jasbir
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dhanoa
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D050257:Tubulin Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014605:Uveitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D050257:Tubulin Modulators; D003078:Colchicine