What are the cutaneous manifestations of Behcets disease?
Cutaneous lesions occur in over 75% of patients with Behçet’s disease and include the following:
- • Erythema nodosum (50%).
- • Superficial thrombophlebitis (25%).
- • Acneiform skin eruption or pseudofolliculitis (65%): with evidence of vessel-based histology.
- • Pyoderma gangrenosum-like lesions.
- • Sweet’s syndrome-like lesions.
- • Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis and pustular vasculitic lesions.
- • Hyperirritability of skin (pathergy): common in Turkey/Japan. Rare in the United States.
