Extensive erosive arthropathy in a patient with Behçet’s disease: case report

• DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1120-y
• Publication Date: 2005-06-06T14:30:18Z
• Authors: Gülümser Aydın; Işık Keleş; Ebru Atalar; Sevim Orkun
• Keywords: psoriatic arthritis; Male; Hand Joints; Arthritis; Behcet Syndrome; Arthritis, Psoriatic; Middle Aged; Behcet's disease; erosive arthropathy; 3. Good health; Diagnosis, Differential; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Foot Joints; Humans; Arthrography

Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem disease with typically nondeforming articular manifestations. Erosive arthropathy is an uncommon condition in patients with BD. We report herein an unusual case of long-standing BD with extensive erosive arthropathy radiologically mimicking psoriatic arthritis.