title: Bone erosion of the sternocostal joint in a patient with Behcet's disease.
abstract: Behcet's disease (BD) is a polysymptomatic and recurrent systemic vasculitis with a chronic course and unknown cause. Erosive arthropathy is extremely rare. We report a 52-year-old female patient with BD demonstrating bone erosion of the sternocostal joint.
authors: Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Nanke
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Kobashigawa
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Yago
authors: Naomi
authors: N
authors: Ichikawa
authors: Hisashi
authors: H
authors: Yamanaka
authors: Shigeru
authors: S
authors: Kotake
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013248:Sternocostal Joints / Q000473:pathology*