A Case of Behçet's Disease in Pregnancy

Ho Seun Lyoo, Sung Eun Hur, Han Moie Park, Mi Young Park, Young Ju Kim

Copyright ⓒ 2001. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Mar 31, 2001

Abstract

This 31 years old female patient visited our hospital on July 2000, with complaint of painful ulceration on vulvar with withish coated membrane and oral mucosa ulceration at 28 weeks of pragnancy.

Behҫet's disease is an inflammatory disorder of unknown cause, characterized by recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesion.

We are present a case of Behҫet's disease in pregnancy with a brief review of literature.

Keywords: Behҫet's disease; Pregnancy