Ng F, Chiong FJK, Buchanan R, Burrell LM. A rare case of Behçet disease with generalised myositis, cardiomyositis and necrotising fasciitis.
BMJ Case Rep 2016;
2016:bcr-2015-211983. [PMID:
26740268 DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2015-211983]
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Abstract
Behçet disease (BD) is a rare relapsing, multisystem vasculitis characterised by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, and uveitis. As an autoimmune small vessel vasculitis, BD can involve other organs including the skin, joints, nervous system, kidney and the gastrointestinal tract. This report describes a 40-year-old woman who presented with an uncommon feature of BD, namely myositis, and who went on to develop myocarditis and polymicrobial necrotising fasciitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an immunocompromised-associated infection occurring in BD without concurrent immunosuppressive therapy.
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