Behcet's disease presenting with recurrent ocular, oral, and scrotal inflammatory lesions in a young Tanzanian man: a case report

John R Meda; Jeremiah Seni; Bonaventura Mpondo; Robert N Peck; Hyasinta Jaka; Semvua B Kilonzo

doi:10.1002/ccr3.79

Behcet's disease presenting with recurrent ocular, oral, and scrotal inflammatory lesions in a young Tanzanian man: a case report

Clin Case Rep. 2014 Aug;2(4):133-6. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.79. Epub 2014 May 25.

Authors

John R Meda¹, Jeremiah Seni², Bonaventura Mpondo¹, Robert N Peck³, Hyasinta Jaka⁴, Semvua B Kilonzo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Dodoma P.O. Box 395, Dodoma, Tanzania.
² Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College 440 East 69th Street, New York, New York, 10065.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences P.O. Box 1464, Mwanza, Tanzania ; Department of Internal medicine, Bugando Medical Centre P.O. Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania.

PMID: 25356270
PMCID: PMC4184648
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.79

Abstract

Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare condition which is diagnosed clinically. Only few cases have been reported in sub-Saharan Africa. We report a Tanzanian male who presented with typical features of BD and was successfully treated. There should be an increase in awareness on BD to improve the management.

Keywords: Behcet's disease; Tanzania; inflammatory lesions.