Identifier |
wh_ch44_p2379 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Behcet's Disease |
Creator |
Steven L. Galetta, MD |
Affiliation |
NYU Langone |
Subject |
Vascular Diseases; Vasculitis; Behcet's Disease |
Description |
In 1937, Hulusi Behcet, a Turkish professor of dermatology, described a chronic relapsing syndrome characterized by oral ulceration, genital ulceration, and uveitis. The condition probably had been described previously by Hippocrates, but Behcet emphasized its existence to the world, and the condition was ultimately called Behcets disease. Additional features of Behcets disease were subsequently reported by Behcet and others, including synovitis, cutaneous vasculitis resembling erythema nodosum, meningoencephalitis, aneurysms affecting large arteries, phlebitis, and discrete ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract. Although Behcets disease shares some clinical and pathologic features with the systemic necrotizing vasculitides, it is usually considered a separate entity. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cc484b |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185617 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc484b |