TRIPLE SYMPTOM COMPLEX OF BEHCET

1 July 1944

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 50 (1) , 37-38
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1944.01510130040012

Abstract

In 1940 Behcet¹published the first description of a complex of symptoms consisting of aphthous ulcers in the mouth, chancroid-like ulcers of the genitals and changes in the eyes, alternating as retinitis, iridocyclitis, iritis, choroiditis and partial or complete atrophy of the optic nerve. All the symptoms are chronic and relapsing. In some cases eruptions similar to erythema nodosum have been reported. Jensen²observed positive reactions to intradermal tests with tuberculin, Frei antigen, and dmelcos vaccine (a stabilized suspension of Ducrey bacilli) and even to injections of isotonic solution of sodium chloride, which signifies a nonspecific hyperactivity of the skin. The cause of the disease is not known; it does not respond to treatment, and it is not fatal. Not more than 10 cases have thus far been reported. REPORT OF CASE The patient, a 40 year old man born in Palestine, consulted

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