Bone erosion of the sternocostal joint in a patient with Behcet's disease

Nihon Rinsho Meneki Gakkai Kaishi. 2009 Jun;32(3):186-8. doi: 10.2177/jsci.32.186.

Abstract

Behcet's disease (BD) is a polysymptomatic and recurrent systemic vasculitis with a chronic course and unknown cause. Erosive arthropathy is extremely rare. We report a 52-year-old female patient with BD demonstrating bone erosion of the sternocostal joint.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology*
  • Bone and Bones / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Sternocostal Joints / pathology*