Behcet's Disease (BD) is a syndrome complex characterized by recurrent attacks of uveitis hypopyon sometimes hyphema in a young healthy individual with ephesus and genital ulceration. Skin involvement in the form of migratory thrombophlebitis and arthritis post segment. Involvement in the form of: Perivasculitis choroiditis retinitis Chorioretinitis Papillitis papilledema Optic atrophy Superficial flame shaped haemorrhages Third nerve palsy Extraocular muscle involvement meningitis Encephalitis Meningoencephalitis Epilepsy Convulsions Tremors Exact cause not known it may be viral some people have isolated inclusion bodies from vitreous and subretinal fluid.
Others believe it is hypersensitivity to staphylococcal toxins or buccal mucosa. We can classify BD into major or minor. In major, we have ephesus or genital ulceration skin involvement and arthritis and in minor BD, we have CNS,…
