Coexistence of Behcet's disease and chronic myelomonocyte leukemia with trisomy 8: a case report and review of the literature.
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory vasculitis of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Coexistence of BD along with hematological malignancies is extremely rare. We describe a patient diagnosed with BD and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) with trisomy 8. This case suggests that trisomy 8 may be involved in the concurrent manifestation of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and BD with gastrointestinal ulcers.
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D014314:Trisomy