title: Behcet's disease presenting with recurrent ocular, oral, and scrotal inflammatory lesions in a young Tanzanian man: a case report.
abstract: Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare condition which is diagnosed clinically. Only few cases have been reported in sub-Saharan Africa. We report a Tanzanian male who presented with typical features of BD and was successfully treated. There should be an increase in awareness on BD to improve the management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Dodoma P.O. Box 395, Dodoma, Tanzania.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Meda
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Jeremiah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seni
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Dodoma P.O. Box 395, Dodoma, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Bonaventura
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mpondo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College 440 East 69th Street, New York, New York, 10065.
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Hyasinta
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Semvua B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kilonzo
keywords: Behcet's disease; Tanzania; inflammatory lesions