Mature ovarian teratoma as a possible cause of fever and clinical exacerbation in Behçet's disease: a case report

Abstract Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. BD is very rarely associated with neoplastic diseases. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who had been treated for BD for 3 years. She presented with relapsing oral and genital lesions and pers...

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Published in:Modern rheumatology 2001-06, Vol.11 (2), p.172-175
Main Authors: Özatlı, D., Balaban, Y., Haznedaro lu, İ. C., Karakuş, S., Ertoy, D., Sayınalp, N., Oto, A., Özcebe, O., Dündar, S.
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. BD is very rarely associated with neoplastic diseases. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who had been treated for BD for 3 years. She presented with relapsing oral and genital lesions and persistent high-grade fever which had lasted for 1 month. The possible cause of the exacerbation of BD and fever in this patient was a mature ovarian teratoma. To our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with BD associated with a ovarian teratoma.
ISSN:1439-7595
1439-7609
DOI:10.3109/s101650170034