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Behçet's disease – a delay in diagnosis: why look in the mouth?
Author(s) -
Dalghous A.M.,
Elkhabuli J.O.,
Fortune F.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-248x.2009.01030.x
Subject(s) - medicine , behcet's disease , azathioprine , aspirin , dermatology , disease , warfarin , behcet disease , surgery , intensive care medicine , atrial fibrillation
A rare case of severe Behçet's disease in a young patient is presented. The patient unnecessarily suffered from the devastating effects of the disease as a result of a delay in diagnosis, and consequently, initiation of the appropriate treatment. However, once a diagnosis was made, he was successfully treated with large doses of corticosteroids together with azathioprine, warfarin and aspirin. We highlight the importance of oral examination in diagnosing systemic diseases.