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Use of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Assess the Origin of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Published on: October 3, 2018
Behçet's disease in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome
Erzsebet Kovacs1, Hajnalka Nemeth, Bela Telek
1Division of Rare Diseases, Second Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Centre, Debrecen, Hungary.
Abstract:
A 75-year-old man presented with painful oral and groin ulcers. The lack of any infections and the location of the ulcers suggested Behçet's disease. Subsequently, pancytopenia developed and bone marrow examination revealed myelodysplastic syndrome. Cytogenetic examination revealed 7q- and 20q- but not 8+. Immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine and corticosteroid resulted in a dramatic improvement in both clinical signs and hematologic abnormalities.
