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. 2023;38(1):62-64.

[A Case Of Behçet's Disease In A Black Subject In Sikasso, Mali]

[Article in French]
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[A Case Of Behçet's Disease In A Black Subject In Sikasso, Mali]

[Article in French]
DoumbiaAlassane Alfousséni et al. Mali Med. 2023.

Abstract

Behçet's disease is an autoinflammatory systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The literature on this pathology in the black subject is rare. We report the case of a 53-year-old subject with mucocutaneous and ocular manifestation. He met the diagnostic criteria and progressed well on colchicine and prednisone.

La maladie de Behçet est une vascularite systémique auto-inflammatoire d'étiologie inconnue. La littérature sur cette pathologie chez le sujet de race noire est rare. Nous rapportons le cas d'un sujet de 53 ans présentant une manifestation cutanéomuqueuse et oculaire. Il remplissait les critères diagnostiques et a bien évolué sous colchicine et prednisone.

Keywords: Behçet's disease; Black subject; Sikasso; Sujet noire; maladie de Behçet.

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