Criteria

Criteria for diagnosis of Behcet's syndrome[16]

Patient has recurrent oral ulcers and two of the following manifestations in the absence of other systemic diseases:

  • Recurrent genital aphthous ulceration or scarring observed by a physician or reported reliably by patient.

  • Skin lesions (including erythema nodosum-like lesions, pseudofolliculitis, papulopustular lesions, or acneiform nodules) observed by a physician in a post-adolescent patient not receiving corticosteroids.

  • Eye involvement with anterior/posterior uveitis or retinitis observed by an ophthalmologist.

  • Positive pathergy test performed with oblique insertion of a ≤21-gauge needle under sterile conditions and interpreted by a physician at 48 hours.

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