An incomplete form of childhood Behçet's disease treated with infliximab
S Caporuscio1, G Pranteda2, S Nistico3
1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic vasculitis characterized by the possible presence of cutaneous, ocular, articular and neurological manifestations. In this report, we examine the case of a fifteen-year old boy with an incomplete form of juvenile Behçet's disease which began with joint involvement and developed into a complete form only after several years. The patient showed a rapid response to anti-TNF-alpha (infliximab) with an improvement of mucocutaneous lesions (oral and genital ulcers, pseudofolliculitis) and arthritis.
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