Behçet's disease in an adolescent patient

Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic and multisystemic inflammatory disorder characterized by oral and genital mucous aphthous-like recurrent ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Oral ulcerations are present in more than 90% of patients being often the first clinical manifestation. Although the actual etiology is still unclear, BD symptoms are considered to be based on the correlation between the genetic factors and the triggering extrinsic factors. Pediatric onset BD is an uncommon disease that presents before the age of 16 years and has a distinct clinical presentation of recurrent abdominal pain and episodes of fever.