Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bostankolu, A
• Aksungur, V L
• Aksungur, E H
• Ozpoyraz, M
• Yücel, A
• Memisoglu, H R

Titel

Excessive bleeding from genital ulcers of Behçet's disease

Ist Teil von

• Cutis (New York, N.Y.), 1997-09, Vol.60 (3), p.159

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Although genital ulcers are a common manifestation of Behçet's disease, bleeding from these lesions is unusual. In this report, a patient with excessive bleeding from genital ulcers is presented. A 22-year-old man with recurrent oral and genital ulcers, erythema nodosum, folliculitis, positive pathergic reaction, uveitis, superior vena cava syndrome, and generalized lymphadenopathy fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of Behçet's disease. Three years after presenting he was admitted to our clinic with excessive bleeding from large ulcers on the scrotum and upper thighs and with a leg ulcer. Bleeding was controlled with compresses. Examination of a biopsy specimen obtained from the leg ulcer showed findings consistent with Kaposi-like acroangiodermatitis. Results of various radiologic investigations showed thrombosis of the inferior vena cava, peritesticular varicosities, and venous insufficiency of the lower extremities. We suggest that the bleeding was secondary to the extension of genital ulcers to the varicose veins.