• Behçet's syndrome
• tumour necrosis factor α

Goossens et al reported on a patient in whom a remission of Behçet's syndrome was induced with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blocking treatment.¹ We would like to add our experience in a patient with Behçet's disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treated with infliximab (Remicade).

A 47 year old male patient, born in Morocco, living in Israel, was diagnosed 14 years earlier with severe, progressive polyarthritis of hands, feet, and knees. Radiography showed …