Behcet's disease: remission of patient symptoms after oral contraceptive therapy.
We report a patient with Behcet's disease (BD) who went into remission after administration of oral contraceptives. About 2 years after the diagnosis of BD, she developed dysfunctional uterine bleeding with menometrorrhagia, during which oral and genital ulcers and erythema nodosum-like lesions persisted without remission. The oral contraceptive that was prescribed to control her irregular menstruation also suppressed outbreaks of ulcers and erythema nodosum-like lesions. This case suggests that sex hormones might be considered as one of the aggravating or inducing factors in BD.
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Oh
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Kwon
J H
JH
Lee
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Han
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Bang
D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D010507:Periodicity; D012074:Remission Induction; D055815:Young Adult
D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal