Pediatric onset of Behçet's syndrome with myositis: case report and literature review illustrating unusual features

Arthritis Rheum. 1990 Mar;33(3):418-25. doi: 10.1002/art.1780330317.

Abstract

We report a case of Behçet's syndrome with myositis in a pediatric patient, emphasizing the importance of muscle involvement in the differential diagnosis of calf pain and swelling in Behçet's syndrome. A review of the English-language literature from 1965 to the present suggests that the clinical picture of Behçet's syndrome in children differs from that in adults, in that there is a lower frequency of ocular disease, and unusual manifestations appear to be more common.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Myositis / complications*
  • Myositis / pathology