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.
Oh
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Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kwon
J Y
JY
Lee
J H
JH
Han
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Bang
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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