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Undiagnosed Behçet's Disease Presenting as Fournier's Gangrene in a Young Male

Behçet's disease is rare, especially in the paediatric population. In this case, a healthy 16-year-old made presented with discrete scrotal ulcers and systemic illness. He was found to have Fournier's gangrene and with subsequent investigation was diagnosed with Behçet's disease as an...

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Autores principales: Winyard, Jasmine C., Wong, Anton, Rashed, Hala, Mellon, John K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34603814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6626909
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description Behçet's disease is rare, especially in the paediatric population. In this case, a healthy 16-year-old made presented with discrete scrotal ulcers and systemic illness. He was found to have Fournier's gangrene and with subsequent investigation was diagnosed with Behçet's disease as an underlying cause. A PubMed search reveals no similar case reports. His only risk factors for Fournier's gangrene was his raised body mass index. His only risk factor for Behçet's disease was his ethnic origin. An understanding of risk factors and epidemiology can raise suspicion of these rare pathologies.
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spelling pubmed-84810322021-09-30 Undiagnosed Behçet's Disease Presenting as Fournier's Gangrene in a Young Male Winyard, Jasmine C. Wong, Anton Rashed, Hala Mellon, John K. Case Rep Urol Case Report Behçet's disease is rare, especially in the paediatric population. In this case, a healthy 16-year-old made presented with discrete scrotal ulcers and systemic illness. He was found to have Fournier's gangrene and with subsequent investigation was diagnosed with Behçet's disease as an underlying cause. A PubMed search reveals no similar case reports. His only risk factors for Fournier's gangrene was his raised body mass index. His only risk factor for Behçet's disease was his ethnic origin. An understanding of risk factors and epidemiology can raise suspicion of these rare pathologies. Hindawi 2021-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8481032/ /pubmed/34603814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6626909 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jasmine C. Winyard et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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