Behcet's disease

An autoimmune disease that is characterized by mucocutaneous manifestations, including recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, ocular manifestations, especially chronic relapsing uveitis, and systemic vasculitis involving arteries and veins of all sizes.

Signs and symptoms

• Hypopyon
• Patchy alopecia
• Oral ulcer
• Iritis
• Epididymitis
• Raynaud phenomenon
• Iridocyclitis
• Decreased level of D-mannose in urine
• Erythema nodosum
• Erythema

Medications that may treat it

thalidomide

Also known as: Adamantiades-Behcet disease; Behcet syndrome; Behet's syndrome; triple symptom complex