Genital ulcers: do not forget Behcet disease
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Genital ulcers: do not forget Behçet disease.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old, previously healthy, woman was referred to our department for genital ulcers present for more than 1 year, with no resolution to the various treatments prescribed. At physical examination, the patient presented a painful ulcer with a central necrotic base and clean margin about 10 mm in diameter on the right labia majora ( fi gure 1 ) and a similar lesion at the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.11.2011.5069