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| - | ====== Behçet' | + | ====== Behçet Disease ====== |
| * Systemic vascular inflammatory disorder affecting skin, mucous membranes, eyes, lungs, GI tract and CNS. It is characterized by: | * Systemic vascular inflammatory disorder affecting skin, mucous membranes, eyes, lungs, GI tract and CNS. It is characterized by: | ||
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| * Also puss filled bumps in the skin | * Also puss filled bumps in the skin | ||
| * Arthritis | * Arthritis | ||
| + | * Typically symptoms start in the 20's or 30's | ||
| + | ====Ocular Findings==== | ||
| * Ocular Inflammation (66%) | * Ocular Inflammation (66%) | ||
| * Conjunctivitis | * Conjunctivitis | ||
| * Uveitis | * Uveitis | ||
| + | * Hypopion | ||
| * Panuveitis with vasculitis | * Panuveitis with vasculitis | ||
| - | * Rare associations | + | * Complications of uveitis |
| - | * inflammation | + | * cataracts, synechiae, band keratopathy |
| - | * blood clots, aneurism, GI vasculitis | + | ====Other More Rare Findings==== |
| - | * Typically symptoms start in the 20's or 30's | + | * Inflammation |
| + | * blood clots, aneurism, GI vasculitis | ||
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| + | ====Etiology==== | ||
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| + | * Associated with the HLA-B51/B5 allele | ||
| + | * 57% of people with this genotype have Behçet syndrome | ||
| ====Resources==== | ====Resources==== | ||
| [[https:// | [[https:// | ||
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